It was the Spanish philosopher Ortega y Gasset who in 1930 described in calm, lapidary prose the sheer press of modern life: “Towns are full of people, houses full of tenants, hotels full of guests, trains full of travelers, cafes full of customers, (…) theaters full of spectators, and beaches full of bathers. What previously was, in general, no problem, now becomes an everyday one: Namely, to find room.”