Quote Originally Posted by shootingstar View Post
Could you/have lived in small spaces where home was 500 sq. ft.?
This is an interesting question. I must confess to being one of those people that always needed large (and empty) spaces. Maybe because it's what I got used to for a long time. Grew up in Europe, in a 3 story 6000+sft home, and until I was 30+ years old, the smallest house I lived in was at least 4000.
Then a few years back I had to move to a smaller place, which was actually 'half' of a house. The usable indoor space was quite small, 900sft or so - but there was a nice patio and a big shared backyard, and I was in school at the time, so a small space turned out to be a good idea.
My current house is still on the small side, about 1500 or so of indoor space. That plus the outdoor space - backyard, front yard, garage etc - it's enough work to keep up with. I guess I'm still 'downsized' sort of, at least compared to my earlier years, but living alone and with not much in terms of of housekeeping help, I'm not sure I would want to take care of a 4000+ right now.
Maybe I am getting older and my job does not really leave me that much free time - so I'm happy as it is.