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If you look at the 'studio' size comparison, the "American" one has a closet that the others don't have, actually two closets, and some sort of sitting/dining designated area that the others also don't have. Their whole reasoning is that the wall would be <10ft meaning it would be "quite dark". Electric lights exist. This is nonsense.

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Geometry means you have to be that wide. Just a double bed with space to move around it takes up that much space. Likewise you don't want the bathroom to be the hall (Sorry you can't get out of the apartment until I'm done on the toilet).

Yes dark is not a good argument against this, but it still isn't practical to have apartments that small - it has been done, but all the cases I know of it was out of spite. (someone ended up with a small lot and didn't want to sell)

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