Diet-on living space, possessions

[shootingstar]

Tulip - I totally understand your point and I agree that an urban setting can be less of an impact that a rural one. As we both know, that's not usually the case though, is it?

Anyway, my point was that many of us make the best choices we can with what is available to us in our respective living areas. Maybe I should not have have spoken up if 1700 sf is considered a big house. I guess I was wrong to even have participated in this thread.

You know, we should recognize that people should face the reality that we only have physical capacity, time, energy and financial resources at different stages of our lives to live AND maintain a certain amount of living space and its configuration --1 level vs. multiple-level dwellings.

I'm not even thinking of environmental footprint when I think of myself. I ask myself: What can I realistically maintain on a regular basis in living accommodation within my capacity?

If one is single and is not mechanically inclined, then one had better have friends/neighbours /money to pay /have someone else do certain things for a self-standing house.

But I'm not the other spectrum where I would want to go into a housing co-op. Heck, it'll be enough just to share housework responsibilities.

Yea, GLC and some folks need some big pantries or root cellars.