A number of the images here appear to represent a British/German electrician's nightmare from the view of government regulation and Health and Safety.

Some slums in the Americas seem to make this truthful, but I hope Japan is far better.

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Maybe it's a prison, bearing in mind the barred window...

technically no especially if its a 1LDK room

Claverhouse said:

Maybe it's a prison, bearing in mind the barred window...

Those are what we call burglar bars, used to stop people from breaking and entering.