I’m surprised by how glum and ugly the inside of even very-pricy houses usually are. I’ve found that it doesn’t matter if we look at rental houses that cost $800 a month or $5,000 a month – most of them look not fit to be inhabited by humans.

Are people really so habituated to the inhumanity of their interior environments, even well-off people? I cannot explain it.

I know adding windows and such is expensive – but it’s not that expensive, considering how long houses last. Spending $5,000 now on larger and better windows pays off forevermore.

And houses for sale are no better, either. I guess I’m also now a house snob, but I’ve looked at maybe 500 houses online in the last week. I’ve seen maybe one I’d even consider living in.

Even in the realm of very expensive houses, until you get up into $5+ million dollar homes, you get more rooms, sure, but still the same tiny, shitty, poorly-lit and dim, depressing ones.

Designing our own house one day is the only option. I can’t believe people choose to live in such shitholes even when they don’t have to (that is, even those who have enough money to make a better choice, don’t).