Why we need to live with less

jumbojet

backseatLover12 wrote:

I was talking to a new neighbor a few months ago, she was from the UK. She was telling us what it was like to live in Europe; MUCH small living space, washer/dryer was stacked units located in kitchen. She was kinda disgusted with how much wasted space we live with in America, although she likes the spread out countryside where we live. "Unnecessary" and "just more to clean" is what she kept saying. I can understand and agree with her!

This is generally the European approach to consumption. In Germany, my landlady owned the whole building which was worth 1-2 mln Euros. I'd see her around with a simple T-shirt and jeans, on an old bicycle. She'd never spend much money on clothing or transportation just because she owned a building in the center of the city.

PJ_Soul

jumbojet wrote:

Pap wrote:

backseatLover12 wrote:

... Washer/dryer was stacked units located in kitchen.

I live in UK and I absolutely hate this. I grew up in Greece where it's kind of rare to find a washing machine in the kitchen. That's called quality of life my friend...

Hehe, I lived in Germany 5 years and I also had washing machine in my kitchen, I also found it weird.

I have spent some time in England too, and the laundry in the kitchen is probably the thing i like least about the country! It seems gross... Food smells getting into your clothes. Dirty clothes by your food. Icky. I'd prefer it in any other room of the house! Or a laundromat!