> The house is paid off, and Murray has wanted to downsize for a while, but she says homes that fit what she's looking for – 2,000 square feet, all on one level

> The house is paid off, and Murray has wanted to downsize for a while, but she says homes that fit what she's looking for – 2,000 square feet, all on one level, in the same suburban area – sell quickly and for a lot of money. The big challenge here is that bungalows are not meaningfully different in terms of land use. They are only downsizing the house part, not the land part and it is always land where a two storey home could have gone. If the case of the people in the article, if own an average size house, they would be increasing the land footprint they use.