I have lived in a lot of small homes in my life.  I have lived in apartments, on friends sofas, houses, etc.  I have learned one thing, I need a little bit of space to live.  It is not like I could not live without the space, but I am much happier when i can look around at some extra room.  I needed to find storage rooms when I first moved here, so i got a little bit of space and it made a huge difference to me.  I dont have much, but what I do have needs to be put away.