Sorry this is so late, I hurt my elbow (it's better now) so I had to pause reader question work and grinding out pages for the next chapter. I am well on track to be finished with chapter 9 before the haitus ends, though, so that's good.
From a Terran perspective, all housing in Jovia is high density housing. It's not uncommon for smaller apartments to only have a toilet, living room, and bedrooms; with a shared kitchen space and washrooms (mist showers, laundry, more toilets). Absolute lowest end of the property tax and highest end of the density spectrum are dormitories, which have shared bedrooms with lockers. The apartment Gillie and Idrisah currently live in is HUGE and fancy by their standards; the only thing making it not a "house" in Jovian terminology is the entrance opening to a shared hallway. Gillie's dads are fairly wealthy and have a smaller end "lot house," with "lot" referring to the private outdoor balcony space. The bigger the lot, the higher the property taxes (functionally a kind of rent, paid to the Social Housing Board). Arguably Talita's currently living in a lot house, but that feels like too nice of a thing to call a converted storage shed... the toilet's a separate building, so does that technically make it a dormitory?... but it's a private washroom... she just calls it an apartment.
If you stalk the lore closely, yes, I renamed the cylinder that Idrisah and Gillie grew up in.
Transcript
Angoryt asked: Idrisah and Gillie, if you two are going to move back to Nexus Jovia, have you already managed to get an apartment? Or will you be living with your relatives until you can get a place?
Idrisah: We submitted our SHB app as soon as we knew we were gonna quit. But our current placement is in an apartment block in the Solidarity cylinder… opposite to the Opportunity cylinder our parents and most of our friends live in…
Gillie: Average waitlists for most of the housing in Opportunity is two years, haha.
Idrisah: It’s not actually that long of a trip on the Spokes, but I would prefer to be closer.
Nexus Jovia
- Opportunity District
- Solidarity District
- The Spokes (microgravity train system)
Gillie: Better than staying with my dads. They've got a big house but they like, never leave it. I can’t deal with their neurotic hovering these days.
Idrisah: My parents are alright, but we have way too much stuff to fit it all in their tiny apartment. So we’d have to rent storage space or recycle a lot of nice things.
Image: Apartment layout with two bedrooms, and living room, and a toilet. Shared kitchen and washrooms are down the hall.
Gillie: Storage space is sooo expensive. I've heard of people using their allotted housing as storage while living somewhere else… but if the Social Housing Board catches you doing that, they will penalize you BIG TIME.
