Upvoting a factually incorrect comment because it sounds nice, and downvoting a factually correct comment because it sounds bad.

I've been seeing this a lot lately. Lots of bandwagoning going on. It is what it is though. People are fallible and often just follow the herd instead of thinking.

Like Reddit, Lemmy is full of hive mind individuals who like to confirm their bias.

I can only imagine they meant 60% of the front view of the house. Otherwise that just seems insane.

square feet must look funny

If they add in the driveway the area would probably be about the same as the house.

If we also add in the necessary roads and parking lots,it is pretty obvious that cars are creating a self-induced demand.

We need to have cars because we need to drive around space for cars.

https://www.advancedhouseplans.com/plan/table-rock

Downvoting it just for using imperial units✊

Larger garages are more environmentally friendly. My garage is huge compared to my house. It has 2 cars, a laundry, and all of the stuff I don't use every day.

This is an area that is not heated or cooled. By having all the storage in the garage, I can get by with less living space.

Garages are cheaper per square metre than rooms, so you save money there too.

You get all the stuff into the same size house, but with less building materials, less heating and cooling costs, and less clutter in your house.

Omg, who fucking cares?

Fuckcars is just a cult anyway, they go REEEE at any suggestion that cars are a necessity for many people, and that no busses nor bikes will ever compensate for it.

When you accidentally consider your hyperbole to be factual.

I'm the blocked out poster in this.

You keep assuming that the living space is ~1500sq/ft for some reason; the houses I am talking about that are like this are not even half that size, but have 2 or even 3 car garages attached to them. Most of these are living quarters for field workers on the dairies and not even built to code.

Imagine a single 10x10 bedroom that has a kitchenette in it, and a room big enough to fit a shower, toilet and sink, attached to a 2 or sometimes even 3 car garage bay. That's what I see around here.

This just gets worse when you use what developers call a two car garage now. 24x24 would be awesome, it's more like 18x20 now despite bigger cars.

Blame the system. Rating system was a good idea to encourage community self-moderation. But,most people treat upvotes/downvotes as likes/dislikes, even when specifically asked to use them differently. And, because of that, places with rating systems inevitably boil down to circlejerking, infobubbles, and tribalism. Too bad the only alternatives are spamholes, chaotic messes with power-tripping moderators, and AI blackboxes designed to control your mind.

This seems very unhealthy. Maybe go take a stroll around the block?

Edit: I’m referring to OP or whoever it was that made this image

I applaud your bitterness. Bravo!

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It's an island! Who needs a car on an island? At least on one as small as this one.

I treat them like AntiWork, it’s fun to visit the zoo but living in one means dealing with a lot of random shit.

I don't know the full context of this conversation, but is it normal for homes to have large garages? I live in a 620 sq foot house (way too small, I have only one kid), and no garage. I wouldn't even want a garage, I have a driveway? Some of my neighbors have garages but they are not that large, they certainly don't make up 50% of their space, but some of them 1/3rd, if their house is smaller. Most houses in my neighborhood are bigger than my house but not huge.

why are you adding the garage area to the home area? wouldn't that deflate the value when comparing the size of the garage to the size of the house?

Ngl my dream house is a 400sq ft loft style apartment with an 8 car garage.