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I'm not talking about apartments, I'm talking about single family homes. If you look at the Google Maps marker for New York and go 90 minutes drive north, you

I'm not talking about apartments, I'm talking about single family homes. If you look at the Google Maps marker for New York and go 90 minutes drive north, you get this: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RY9ebS6vcD5w8cQA6 https://maps.app.goo.gl/RY9ebS6vcD5w8cQA6 San Francisco and go 90 minutes north: https://maps.app.goo.gl/wJQx9BV5C2d7C6iR9 https://maps.app.goo.gl/wJQx9BV5C2d7C6iR9 You look up Berlin and go 90 minutes north: https://maps.app.goo.gl/7javF29PE1p6F4rb9 https://maps.app.goo.gl/7javF29PE1p6F4rb9 Look up Paris and go 90 minutes north: https://maps.app.goo.gl/nyHut9xD4eAZnhdn9 https://maps.app.goo.gl/nyHut9xD4eAZnhdn9 You look up London and go 90 minutes north: https://maps.app.goo.gl/VnEWsmNHSC5pc9H98 https://maps.app.goo.gl/VnEWsmNHSC5pc9H98 Europe's higher population density gives them has great, walkable cities, practical public transport, good cycle-ability and plentiful bus stops. The trade-off is smaller homes and less parking. There's a reason nobody over there drives an F-150 truck.

bluGill 2y ago
The space between houses is smaller, and the houses have much smaller garages. However the house themselves are similar size.
- michaelt 2y ago
  > the houses have much smaller garages Yes, this is what I mean when I say few Europeans have the two- or three-car garages needed for a table saw to be practical.
- Macha 2y ago
  They really aren't. My house is a 1250 sq ft 4 bedroom house. It gets comments from friends and family for being relatively large for a 4 br here, since the norm is 1000 sq ft for a 4 bedroom. Similar style houses in the US seem to be about 2000 sq ft from a property search.
  - elzbardico 2y ago
    Yes, even in a lot of south american countries, for a upper middle class perspective, 1000 sq ft for a four bedroom house is a bit on the small side.
  - kube-system 2y ago
    In the US, a 1200 sq ft or smaller home would be a post ww2 "starter home", usually 2 or 3 bedroom. Homes of this size are pretty much not being built anymore, the average size of a new home in the US has been around 2500 sq ft for decades now. The median size of all existing homes in the US sits just north of 2000 sq ft.

bluGill 2y ago

The space between houses is smaller, and the houses have much smaller garages. However the house themselves are similar size.

michaelt 2y ago
> the houses have much smaller garages Yes, this is what I mean when I say few Europeans have the two- or three-car garages needed for a table saw to be practical.
Macha 2y ago
They really aren't. My house is a 1250 sq ft 4 bedroom house. It gets comments from friends and family for being relatively large for a 4 br here, since the norm is 1000 sq ft for a 4 bedroom. Similar style houses in the US seem to be about 2000 sq ft from a property search.
- elzbardico 2y ago
  Yes, even in a lot of south american countries, for a upper middle class perspective, 1000 sq ft for a four bedroom house is a bit on the small side.
- kube-system 2y ago
  In the US, a 1200 sq ft or smaller home would be a post ww2 "starter home", usually 2 or 3 bedroom. Homes of this size are pretty much not being built anymore, the average size of a new home in the US has been around 2500 sq ft for decades now. The median size of all existing homes in the US sits just north of 2000 sq ft.