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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is a twin?? Which neighborhood are we talking about?

We are in a 1600 sq ft rowhome with two kids. No basement. It’s what we know so it’s not a big deal to us. We’re very organized because we don’t really have the space to have stuff everywhere. Your kids are old enough to help out with this. We do spend a lot of time out of the house. COVID times were tough but we don’t work from home so much anymore so that’s been a relief in a way.

It’s obviously doable. People all over the world live in much smaller spaces. You just need to have less stuff. You’ll find you need less stuff, too.  [/quote]

So I disagree with you.  First off - you have no kids.  You have no idea what that's like!

When I was in my 20s I did the same as you - every move I tossed crap.

When you have a family and kids, ROFL.  I have 2 and OP has 3.  You need a bit of room.

People around the world actually aspire to having more room by the way.  No sane person wants to be in a 1500 sq foot house with 3 kids.  I'm not talking about being in a McMansion - of course you don't need 6 BR and 5000 sq ft.  But that does not mean living in a shoe box makes you somehow more honorable or a better human lol.

You still need some room and in Europe by the way, they don't go shopping at Costco or have 50 different kinds of cereal at the store to choose.  It's a totally different way of life and not comparable to life in an American suburb.  We can't live like them and they don't need to live like us.  So comparing our house to those who live around the world is just dumb.  Apples to apples, you need a bit of room to be comfortable living in the US with 3 growing kids.  These aren't babies - a teen boy isn't going to want to share a room with his MS sister - these are real considerations for OP. 
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Amen, we are Americans. We need our space.

IMO if you have even 2 kids, you need 2,000 sq ft living space, above grade, MINIMUM. [/quote]
Oh for pete's sake.  Plenty of people raise families in less that 2k sf.  And no, it isn't awful and cramped.  I have HS and college aged kids that I have raised in ~1800 sf.  Have never felt that it was too small.  [/quote]

We have 900 square feet.  [/quote]

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