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Q: Do magazine kiosks owners live there too?
This is something I've been wondering for awhile.
Those magazine kiosks you'll see on the side of the road all over the place--do the owners live in them too? I swear I've seen beds in the back room before, but I don't understand the logistics of it. Do they have a bathroom (plumbing for that matter) and other facilities? Sometimes it looks like there are stairs heading beneath the kiosk. Is is possible that there's an entire underground level down there for them?
From what I was told and observed, yes they live in there, and use public restrooms and baths.
About the underground cave... I don't know, but it sounds sweet.
yeah... "to the Bath Cave!"! 
in small stores all over the Chine people lives in the backroom, sometimes it is a upper level, but I doubt if it can be underneath.
why I think so? because most small buildings I saw have not "basement" (except from hole that acts like fridge)
even much bigger buildings are usually build from the ground level and up
only multi-floor, large and heavy constructions have basement - when they absolutely have to have large foundation
look at the structure of the ground in the city. I
observed it many times, when new terrain is prepared... first goes the garbage - to fill-in and level the terrain, then thin layer of the actual ground
when there have to be heavier constructions placed - they enforce ground stability by staking the ground with concrete stakes, and usually that is it
only when there are build really large and high buildings (like hotels) - there are proper fundations and basement level
