Talk:Ed and Sarah's House/@comment-7205243-20170526025526/@comment-3242362-20170526043039

Does Sarah necessarily have better accommodations? Sarah may live farther aboveground, but her room is implied to be much smaller (having about half of the basement helps Ed out in that way), and Ed has a much easier route out of the house since he can just go out his window. As for how presentable the rooms are, well, Ed and cleanliness have never really been on speaking terms. I mean, he has a closet full of pizza and sandwiches, a tub full of gravy, and a rather disgusting bed. Given all this, it would be hard for Sarah's room to be worse, especially since Sarah is implied to like a minimal amount of hygiene.

Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of ways in which you can argue that Ed is mistreated by his family. There is a lot of evidence that Sarah is given far superior treatment by his parents (although the level of Ed's mistreatment can vary depending upon how you wish to interpret various clues about his home life). I'd just argue that the difference between where Sarah lives and where Ed lives in the house isn't necessarily an argument for Ed being mistreated.