The Men's Room Analogy

A funny way to think about housing choices

In a line at the men’s room in between conference sessions the other week, I thought of a cheeky analogy I haven’t seen made before. Call it the men’s room analogy.

Most of us need a quick moment at a urinal. A smaller percentage—much smaller, probably—need a stall. Ten to one, I’d guess. But when there’s a bit of a line—even the men’s room has a line at…