[spicyusername]

Looking at the trends for home size, it seems like those size homes, 2000sqft+, only started getting built relatively recently, so it's not as if they're some kind of human right.

How did people host before 1990, I wonder?

How do people host in Europe, where the average home size is still relatively modest?

[throwaway-blaze]

It's relatively rare to host anyone other than family in European countries. In asian cultures you commonly host people at restaurants / catering halls.

[xboxnolifes]

Smaller bedrooms, smaller kitchens, smaller every room. My grandparents' house's rooms were small in every direction, but the entire house still fit a dining room with room for 8 (snuggly), family room, living room, kitchin, bathroom, and multiple bedrooms.

[naltroc]

(united states family, born and raised)

I don't understand the desire for a large bedroom. My parents use the largest "bedroom" in their house to hold their bed.

I use the smallest "bedroom" in my house to hold my bed, because all I do in there is sleep.

The larger "bedrooms" become office and studio spaces, since I spend remarkably more waking hours in these locations compared to where I sleep.

[SoftTalker]

> I spend remarkably more waking hours in these locations compared to where I sleep.

That's good. For sleep health, your sleeping room should ideally be used only for sleeping. Don't work, read, watch TV, etc. in that room. If you work from home or need an office or studio, that should be a separate room if at all possible.

[Jtsummers]

The room distribution was different. Smaller bedrooms and bathrooms, fewer bathrooms, larger public/shared spaces.

[jeffbee]

One of my favorite buildings in San Francisco is an Art Deco apartment tower, bordering on an SRO at the time it was built. The residents were expected to entertain their guests in the dining room, lobby, and bar, instead of in their homes. And they did so.

[ghaff]

People of a certain social class also tended to belong to clubs. It's still not rare in places like NYC.

[mytailorisrich]

In Europe, either there is a dining room or there is a dining table in the living room. This has been the case since well before "1990"...