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[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago

Well, at least it sounds like they have enough parking. Where I am it's all two car garages that aren't actually big enough to fit two cars and driveways short enough that the giant vehicles many people have stick out over the footpath. Frustrating when you actually walk places.

A lot of people these days see to focus entirely on the inside of their house, they don't care about gardens or the neighbourhood. Just drive straight into the garage, and the living areas are usually at the back so you rarely even see the neighbourhood through the windows. Putting out the bins is probably the only time many people spend in their own neighbourhoods (which may explain the appaling state of many of the front yards around me, you don't see all the weeds when you are just driving past).

People who build like that are probably better of in a good quality apartment, there is no benefit to them having their own land.