Bigger houses, smaller blocks

Just read an interesting article (Lifestyle supersizing - Sydney Star Observer, 1/7/04) which cited a "frightening phenomenon" of "more and more Australians ... choosing to supersize their homes".



In fact, it is not only that houses are getting bigger and bigger, but also that blocks are getting smaller and smaller. As a result, front and back yards are diminishing in size, while houses are being built almost side by side.



The shrinking garden is also consistent with the trend that more and more Australians are now fed up with gardening work and more inclined to living in the concrete jungle (inner city apartments).