The Cost of Shelter
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It is not imknown that a teacher or business man should exceed 97 g8 THE COST OF SHELTER.
this in the hope of a rise in salary by the second year.
Adding the expenses of operating the house, of repairs and additions and improvements if the house is owned, nearly half the money available must go for the mere housing of the family.
If it is true, as I believe it is, that for each fraction over one fifth spent for rent a saving must be made in some other direction — ^in the daily expense, less ser...vice, less costly food, or less expensive clothing, or, last to be cut down, less of the real pleasure of Ufe, — it wiU be seen what a far-reaching question this is, how it touches the vital point, to have or not to have other good things in life.
A large part of the increase is due, as we have said, to increased demand for sanitary conveniences, but far more potent is the pressure resulting from the price of land.
This pressure has led to the building of smaller and smaller apartments, so that four and six rooms are made out of floor-space sufl&cient for two.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It is not imknown that a teacher or business man should exceed 97 g8 THE COST OF SHELTER.
this in the hope of a rise in salary by the second year.
Adding the expenses of operating the house, of repairs and additions and improvements if the house is owned, nearly half the money available must go for the mere housing of the family.
If it is true, as I believe it is, that for each fraction over one fifth spent for rent a saving must be made in some other direction — ^in the daily expense, less ser...vice, less costly food, or less expensive clothing, or, last to be cut down, less of the real pleasure of Ufe, — it wiU be seen what a far-reaching question this is, how it touches the vital point, to have or not to have other good things in life.
A large part of the increase is due, as we have said, to increased demand for sanitary conveniences, but far more potent is the pressure resulting from the price of land.
This pressure has led to the building of smaller and smaller apartments, so that four and six rooms are made out of floor-space sufl&cient for two.
What to read after The Cost of Shelter?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Richards, Ellen H. (Ellen Henrietta), 1842-1911 to read onlineMoreLess
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