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Russell Baker

What the New Yorker calls home would seem like a couple of closets to most Americans, yet he manages not only to live there but also to grow trees and cockroaches right on the premises.

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The author is saying that the place the New Yorker considers a home is very small compared to what most Americans expect. Despite the limited space, the person still finds a way to live there and even maintain plants and cockroaches inside.

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