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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Wouldn’t you say Hong Kong is too dense considering a lot of people there live in cage homes?
That’s more of a poverty issue than a density issue, I do think there is such a thing as too dense, like the Kowloon Walled City (cool but not as fun to live in), slums in third world countries without plumbing or electricity, rooms where there are too many people, etc. I think that standards for density vary from person to person.
