Faced with high mortgage rates, cost-constrained Americans are embracing smaller homes

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    2 years ago

    I will say, as someone in a house with just one shower, when you have a teenage daughter, things can get accidentally awkward. I wouldn’t complain if we had a second. But overall I’m fine with smaller houses. We rented a two story house when we first moved to this town and we had a room we literally had nothing to put in. We just left it empty. No one needs a big house unless they have a big family.

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      2 years ago

      Privacy locks exist and plenty of people manage.

      I mean ensuites are nice, but they are a luxury. Especially for a first home of a single person or a new couple.

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        2 years ago

        You clearly don’t have a teenager if you think they always remember to do things like lock the bathroom door.

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          2 years ago

          I live in a multi family dwelling with 6 people including 3 teenagers with one bathroom and there’s never been an issue.

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            2 years ago

            Well then you obviously have superior teenagers to mine. How lucky for you.

            Why you’re suggesting that my awkward situations haven’t been awkward I don’t know. Maybe you know me better than I do?