A Place to call Home

Seattle home

In Seattle, most are lucky enough to have a nice roof over their heads. In many cases, it may be a fairly large roof. The average size of a house in Seattle is 1,460 square feet.

Moroccan village homes

We have hot water, plumbing, AC, heat, windows, doors that lock, fences, and an innumerable amount of other amenities that make our home comfortable. Meanwhile, in Morocco, most families (including extended family) cram into one room to eat, sleep and entertain. I would say that the average square footage is more like 100. And here, there is no plumbing or accessible water; there are cats and dogs roaming through your home and sleeping on your beds due to the lack of doors and windows. The floors and walls are composed of dirt or cement, and the roofs are shoddily made with big pieces of aluminum.

It makes you think about all the luxuries we have, and all of the other things we may have in excess. After growing up in Seattle, of course the lifestyle of the village was hard to get used to, but the people there were some of the happiest people ever. Do you need the square footage or the modern home to achieve happiness?