Prison cells in the United States are usually 70 sq ft and include running water, but generally speaking prisons in the US don't have private cells and its a barrack type situation, so generally amenities like showers, toilets, kitchens, yards, all of that is shared. If you were to look at the military its common for beds to be shared on ships and submarines due to space restrictions.
What I'm getting at is "what is the absolute minimum of personal space that should be considered a human right?" Is it none and we should try to promote communal living spaces or is there an actual number for how much sq ft is a human right? Should everyone have a private toilet/shower/fridge/stove/television/ect?
Is there a line to be drawn on this issue or should no line be drawn? Is personal space something we should be measuring objectively or subjectively?
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It would be a bad look though to promote living spaces smaller than US prison cells, no? When I was a kid I had to share a room and we put a curtains up for privacy, when I lived in a dorm I shared an even smaller room, and the communal bathroom we had was disgusting. Now that I'm renting I do appreciate having the privacy and luxury of my own toilet and private bedroom. If I had full control of the housing market I would at least regulate some kind of minimum personal space per occupant in new houses.
Yeah I guess I just mean it's a really important and cool thing to focus on, but the concrete answer would probably be best found by discussing the issue with a professional instead of internet goons. I'll say though that I've always found that sharing a room with someone else leads to increased irritability for me, but that's just me
I shared a room with two people once, and it sucked.