• LimeZest
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    7 months ago

    A family of four doesn’t need four kitchens and four bedrooms, so not every cost scales linearly as a household increases in size. Some things are also cheaper in bulk than if you are just buying enough for one person. I do think a family of four probably needs more than twice what a single person needs, however, but I am no expert on this. In any case, housing costs have drastically outpaced wages and safety nets, which is massively evident by all the homeless camps everywhere.

    • jpreston2005@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      I mean, I’d love to have my own kitchen… Personally I prefer the life of the Solarian (from The Foundation series, possibly the greatest Science Fiction series ever)