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My wife and I have always felt this way, we could fit our rather large family in a much smaller space if it was designed around the way we spend our days. When
by ksdale 6y ago
My wife and I have always felt this way, we could fit our rather large family in a much smaller space if it was designed around the way we spend our days.
When we had 2 toddlers and an infant and went apartment searching, we kept getting shoehorned into 3 bedroom apartments because of the size of our family, but half the time, the apartments just traded space in the living room for an extra bedroom, which we didn't really need because the kids spent all of their time with us in the living room.
We often felt like we were being judged for not wanting more space for the kids, when in reality we were trying to find the biggest common space we could.
- ryandrake 6y agoSquare-footage-cram is a lot like feature-cram in software. We don't like to do it, but it's unfortunately how we have to market to unsophisticated "checkbox buyers" of product. I would personally love a half-sized well-designed home with character and a unique architecture that uses its area well. But, you have to pay an arm an a leg for it. Unfortunately the budget market caters to buyers who limit their home criteria to "price per square foot". So instead we get giant borg cube houses built right up to the lot line.