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We moved from a 5,300 square foot house to a 9,000 square foot house for more room.  It depends on what your hobbies and proclivities are when considering the amount of space needed for one's pleasure.[/quote]

Very similar here - 4K to 9.5K sq. ft for a couple.  We wanted a less crowded garage, separate rooms for individual offices, a large guest suite for visitors, and dedicated rooms for a a gym, golf simulator, music, and other interests.  [/quote]

This is shockingly wasteful. I hope your dreams are haunted by people who can't afford any place to live, much less a massive house for just two people.[/quote]

If you'd like to house homeless people, feel free to invite them to live with you, but why criticize those who are able to live as they choose?  Jealousy?  [/quote]

NP here: Overconsumption like that leaves one open to criticism. Even if that house is a LEED-certified energy-efficient marvel, the amount of materials and space used for a house of that size is indefensible. I’m not jealous of people in houses like that. I’m depressed that they think it’s fine, and that there are thousands (millions?) of people who feel the same. [/quote]

Indefensible, I’m not jealous, I’m not depressed? A lot to unpack here. Ugh this is what is wrong with our country in 2022. I’m a left coaster who doesn’t like the McCraftsman sprawl of NoVA but cmon this is just one out of a million lifestyle choices with carbon footprint implications. Define overconsumption. Should I lecture you to never fly on a jet airplane, drive, have children, or use air conditioning? Let them live in their big houses, this is America for crying out loud. Should we aspire for govt that tells people how to live their lives, maybe like Saudi Arabia which decides what women are and aren’t allowed to do. Oops soon that’ll be us too?[/quote]

Of course people can have these houses. Where in that post does it say otherwise? But people judge others for their decisions all the time. I think people who build too-large houses are selfish. That doesn’t mean I’m advocating for them to be banned. [/quote]

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