Not only that, those people simply cannot recognize the costs associated with those hustles. Imagine the scenario: your friends are visiting you, and you are telling them I'm going to book a function room...
This is because people look at the utility of the room when it is used, but forget to multiply that by the frequency of its use.
And yes, sometimes a dining room can surprisingly come in handy for something that comes up. However, this is true of almost any use you can think of for the room. I would venture to say that most people who have dining rooms, who don't routinely host dinners, would be better served making it a video game room, or an aquarium, or a giant closet, or a room for whatever hobby they actually do. Yet across America, millions of dining rooms sit empty for months at a spread, screaming to be made into something that more accurately reflects the lifestyles of their owners.
Every day, my money sits in my bank account screaming to be spent on something intangible...