VIRGIN CASTLE:
>cold
>tiny windows
>(no natural light)
>requires torches at night
>(a fucking JOB)
>narrow corridors
>living with randoms
>shitting on a bench with randoms

CHAD COTTAGE:
>24/7 warm hearth
>(delicious smell of pottage)
>fresh, clean air
>(basically outside)
>share body heat with wife/kids/family
>shit/piss off at the nearby stream
>private
>YOUR place to repair, re-thatch, extinguish