Faced with high mortgage rates, cost-constrained Americans are embracing smaller homes
What the fuck? It’s called a starter home. How is the existence of sane-sized singe-family or mutli-family homes supposed to be a bad thing?
Exactly. Home sizes are taking a modest step down after more than doubling in size over the last several decades. We need a return to something normal.
Bad thing? It’s not a bad thing. It’s an unobtainable thing for many.
This is true, I was criticising the weird tone of the article for implying it was some great burden to only have one or two large dedicated living spaces and 100sqft bedrooms rather than three and 200. It would be a whole lot less unnatainable if 2 bedroom/1 shower, 800sqft units in a multiplex or 5-over-one were the default rather than half the size of what this article is trying to present as some bizarre abberation.
I will say, as someone in a house with just one shower, when you have a teenage daughter, things can get accidentally awkward. I wouldn’t complain if we had a second. But overall I’m fine with smaller houses. We rented a two story house when we first moved to this town and we had a room we literally had nothing to put in. We just left it empty. No one needs a big house unless they have a big family.
Privacy locks exist and plenty of people manage.
I mean ensuites are nice, but they are a luxury. Especially for a first home of a single person or a new couple.
You clearly don’t have a teenager if you think they always remember to do things like lock the bathroom door.
I live in a multi family dwelling with 6 people including 3 teenagers with one bathroom and there’s never been an issue.
Well then you obviously have superior teenagers to mine. How lucky for you.
Why you’re suggesting that my awkward situations haven’t been awkward I don’t know. Maybe you know me better than I do?
Corpo-ass article
They stole the American dream from us.
Nah, you can still dream of owning a home. /s
The hay day for the American dream was in homes that were about 1,000 sq ft. The average home today is around 2,500, all while people are getting married later and having smaller families.
Maybe the reason the American dream seems so hard to reach these days, is because it has inflated to these insane levels.
Yep lawns have shrunk and houses have gotten bigger
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/07/lawns-census-bigger-homes-smaller-lots/489590/
It’s wild. Granted I don’t want kids, but I can’t imagine wanting more than a 2 bed/2 bath. Main bedroom, guest bedroom/office, and a finished basement assuming that’s feasible where I end up. Don’t want to deal with cleaning more than that.
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not where im at its not.
Paywalled, but american homes are too damn big. Why can’t I find an 800sq foot house? I don’t need that much space.
