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p_romer OP t1_itw409d wrote

Reply to comment by CrazyCatLady108 in Poverty descriptions in old books that doesn't seem poor in today's property market by p_romer

I also wrote "based on his room" but, sure, I get your point. I Just remember these room descriptions vividly and I have seen ads for expensive rooms on various sites, where Dostojevskij's words could kinda fit.

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CrazyCatLady108 t1_itw5mp0 wrote

> I also wrote "based on his room" but

not his room, he rents. and i think it was originally a storage closet, as it is barely big enough to fit his couch. the descriptions lean heavy on it being coffin like with the slanted ceiling and cramped space. i would compare it more to those 'bed' rooms in China, where you get a bed worth of living space and that's it, than the tiny apartments in NYC, the ones that have a bed and toilet in the same room.

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p_romer OP t1_itw7ohe wrote

The sort of rooms I thought about in today's world would be some of these 600-900 dollar single rooms in cities like London or New York.

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