briansd1 wrote:Interesting

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[quote=briansd1]Interesting articles on McMansions.

In his column on Monday, David Brooks said that when the economy tanked, the “great age of headroom” — supersized houses being the main example — came to an end. “The oversized now looks slightly ridiculous,” he writes, and “social norms have since changed.”
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/09/07/redefining-home-in-a-depressed-market?hp

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/09/07/redefining-home-in-a-depressed-market/downsizing-and-retrofitting-the-housing-market

I wished that we had neighborhoods of row houses with one-car garages in San Diego.[/quote]
About 10 years ago when I was doing a feasibility study for a large addition, I learned the planning had slotted areas of Normal Heights, that are now single families and Huffman box apartments, for row houses. The planner said at the time, that changes were so far out in the future that I should not let it impact my decision. You might get your wish.