Bad planning

I've been on the hunt for a long-term place to stay in Lahore, since it looks like I'll be here through the end of the year (with a possible diversion to Cairo in the summer). Two thirds of the very nice, very new, very modern kitchens I've viewed had no space for a refrigerator. In several cases, the refrigerator was plunked in the living room. It's all very weird.

I did end up plunking for an opulent duplex, with no space in the wall to wall counters for a refrigerator. We've agreed that we'll put a refrigerator against the door that exits from the kitchen to the servants' quarters, blocking that door off. (The servants' quarters has another exterior door). Given the extreme poverty in Pakistan, household help is dirt cheap, which explains the lack of labor saving devices (like washing machines) in wealthy pakistani homes. It's just cheaper to pay someone to beat your clothes against a rock then buy a machine and do it yourself. There may be some weird connection to this and the refrigerator-free zone, but so far, I haven't figured it out. Wealthy Pakistanis don't use the kitchen, they have servants for that, so... Or maybe there servants shop for fresh food every day, cook it for the householders, then eat the leftovers so there's no need for a fridge?

Hm... Another mystery to solve.