I used to think I was fine with tiny living, because my entire childhood home was 20 sqr meters, but I now live alone in such a space and it's too small. I have huge windows, but the walls are closing in. The space is too small to furnish in a way which wouldn't hinder an aspect of everyday life. I'm so tired of algorithm trying to convince me tiny living is fine when it shows even worse conditions than mine. I wish I lived in 30 sqr meters or so. 40 sqr meters are way too burgoise for me, but I could use extra 10 sqr meters solely for the purpose of farting.
Even if you're not working the whole time, all other spaces are so ruthlessly monetized that you'll be spending money just to exist.
I used to think living out in rural Iowa was terrible because there "is nothing to do"
Then I grew up and realized I'm surrounded by forests, rivers, wetlands, hilly plains, and endless dirt roads 😌
They have nature in cities too. Santa Monica Mountains >>> anything in Iowa.
The Driftless Area is intensely beautiful, don't dismiss that! Rolling forested hills and not a cornfield in sight.
Regardless, the point is that I don't have to pay money to enjoy these things. I can just go outside. They haven't totally commodified nature, not in Iowa nor California.