Reply #298: I agree

[Caoimhe]

I am tired of seeing these massive homes going up. In the 40's when we were at war and immediately thereafter, there was a huge housing boom, but the homes were small and efficient. If you have two kids you don't need more than three bedrooms, do you? I see these huge homes over 3000 sf and empty nesters living in them, heating all that space and padding around on their sound proof floors. It is silly. It is all about keeping up with the "Joneses". I have a brother in law who not only owns one of these monstrosities, but every time we see him he asks me:

1. how much I paid for my home ($75K)
2. how many square feet it is (1200 sf)
(he also asks similar questions about our vehicles)

A 1200 sf home, which is FINE for two of us and our dog. He somehow twists it into "oh you must not be doing well financially, or must not be very smart financially"

the fact is, I don't need a massive home to fulfill my ego. I tend to think those that do are probably lacking "other things" sizewise.