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The space is more about supporting a variety of hobbies that require space and/or the space is available at minimal cost likely both in time & money.

With my tech friends, they seem to be able to live ridiculously minimally as their life outside of the essentials fits into a laptop/desktop. My non-tech friends are less so.

Some activities that like having more space are as follows. Sure, most on this list are available via affordable to semi-luxurious subscriptions and/or coops or definitely can be done in a small space, yet having a personal version of it or additional space offers a decent QoL improvement in the form of time saved, or simply not having to share space/equipment with family/strangers.

  - Gym Equipments (powerrack, barbells, etc)
  - Sauna
  - Gardening
  - Music (neighbors don't complain about your noise)
  - Crafts
  - Wood/Metal working
  - Cooking/Baking
  - Pets
  - Art Studio (ceramics, painting, drawing, etc)
  - Automotive

A bunch of these tend to also be activities/skills that some people derive a large part of their identity & happiness from, thus giving that up for living in a small space sounds like a preposterous suggestion to them.