i can't tell you how many times i heard that in Poland haha.
OMG , really. You know, in some WEstern countries this would be a blessing, since some of these countries experiance droughts and thus water shortages.
I think the worst smell in poland one can experience is from bad alcohol breath.....
as for the BO , there is space, and its not like we are London, living on top of each other.
Plus you might take into consideration, that still in a lot of old city houses there is no showers/baths installed, theres still outhouses in the backyard(these days more often found to be a toilet installed in the corridoor next 2 the stairs)