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[–] [email protected] 110 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

... People would be more likely to know the area of their home/floors vs the total volume...

When's the last time you saw a real estate ad with cubic inches/feet/meters on it?

This makes perfect sense.

[–] Guy_Fieris_Hair 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Wrong. People assume metric ceilings. The area in question is also measured in metric.

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