[kqr]

> you could tell how much money someone had by how far their couch was from the wall.

Isn't this just a proxy for room size? A couch is bulky furniture and in smaller rooms need to be tucked away. Also in smaller rooms even a pillow in the corner can see a wall-mounted TV anywhere in the room.

[silisili]

It is, I suppose that's the joke. But now we find out Feng Shui says the folks with smaller living rooms had the right idea all along.

Anecdotally, I've lived in both types of setups and vastly prefer layouts conducive to seating against the wall, regardless of room size.