You can never have enough...

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Maybe not.

Small dwellings are not necessarily bad things. Most human homes are and always have been cosy affairs, huts, caves, sheds, and tents - easily constructed or adapted, defensible, maintainable, and safe. It is only those who could call upon the labour of others who had the capacity to create gracious living, with lawns and playgrounds, that served no purpose beyond pleasure and play. The current trend towards small living units with shared parks and facilities is a response to our population density, our economic systems, and our declining birth rate.

The thing I think we need to focus on is better design of our shared spaces - more trees, better flow paths for the waterways we are disrupting, and much better transit systems for movement within our increasingly dense occupied areas.

Homes are temporary things, property ownership is a false construct because dwellings last longer than those who build them. It would benefit us all if we understood that taking better care of their construction and maintenance has enormous long term advantages, and that requirement to take better care should not just be focused on tenants, but owners as well. All owners, not just landlords.