Because otherwise it can get quite claustrophobic.

I remember feeling claustrophobic as I walked down its narrow halls and into classrooms turned into crude cellblocks.

One after another, the liberation era figures of Algerian politics are dying the question is whether their successors will ensure that the same claustrophobic political system will survive.

Through his visit to Jerusalem, Sadat shook away Israel s siege mentality and gave psychological living space to an otherwise claustrophobic nation in the midst of a hostile Arab world.

Bosnia and Kosovo are trapped in the labyrinth of the politics of semi independence Albania, Montenegro, and Macedonia are small and claustrophobic republics with populist and divisive governments and opposition forces that are discouraged and discouraging at the same time.

You start to realize that Hey, I could go to this live music event and have an utterly transforming experience that will cover my entire body with goosebumps, but it's more likely that I'll feel claustrophobic and I won't be able to get a beer.