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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Folks who think as you get older you need less space are young and foolish. I was also that way. My house I just bought in my mid 50's as a trade up home is 6,100 square feet, the house across the street sold a few weeks ago to a couple early 50s that is 7,000 square feet. Your fifties and sixties you need the most square footage.

My kids are not 12, 17 and 18. All at once I am hitting the car phase. Right now three cars, one more to come, Hitting dating phase while still in playdate phase. Hitting phase where friends from college come visit and in-laws too old to drive home late stay over. If anything I should have got around 7,000 square feet with a three car garage instead of two.

I have the three kids in a 1,400 square foot house with a one car driveway up till two years ago. Coming up in next 15 years I will host college graduations, engagement showers, weddings, baby showers, meeting new inlaws and son-in-laws for first time. Folks judge. I need room. When kids are little none of that happens. Then you hit mid 70s or so and it starts to slow down as that phase is behind [/quote]

Ugh. This level of consumption (four cars?!) and the “no, really, we need it and you do too” justifications are extremely off-putting. You don’t need that much space. What hole inside you are you trying to fill? [/quote]

I'll do you one better:

We're a family of 3, 9000 square feet, 3 cars (all V8's, and  usually only one of them driven daily). I researched people like you and you wanna know what I found (I know you don't want to hear it but I'm going to tell everyone all the same): you don't give a damn about the environment, sustainability etc. You just like feeling good about showing off how green you are.

Try doing an actual sustainably audit of your life.  :lol:  :lol:

Unless you:

-knit your own clothes 
-are vegan 
-grow your own food 
- have no children

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