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> I disagree that a studio apartment is _extreme_ frugality. Not many years ago, it was standard for people to live on much less space per person than these days.

And I also disagree; I have lived in a studio before.

But in this context -- owning a 4 bedroom house yet deciding to rent out the remaining rooms to live in one of the bedrooms -- it is indeed extreme frugality.

> Yes you would. If your financial goal was to have enough money to put food on your table, you'd care less where that table was located.

So you think that there are people out there who own a 4 bedroom house and have a 7 figure (?) household income and yet struggle to put food on the table??

Or do you just have trouble sticking to context?



> Or do you just have trouble sticking to context?

To be fair you wrote "never", not "within this context".




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