[Loved this aside in a Texas Observer article about learning to take up less space]
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=3036
More space is about the cheapest thing a homebuyer can buy.
Why wouldn’t they?
Nobody outside of Fleetwood Mac ever chose to sleep five to a bed. We prefer a certain distance. We like to have our space. Taking it up is one of the things we do best.
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