In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes >I know people will now write to say that my area of New Jersey is highly >atypical of the US. But I like to think it displays the American psyche at >its >most excessive which can be very illuminating. >Devon
Maybe, but if Philippa Gregory's books about John Tradescant are reasonably accurate, the early settlers were given large plots and were quite a distance from their neighbours - and the liking for spaciousness sticks through generations? Personally I prefer our set up, the house is a year older than me (built in 1955) and has a back garden roughly 120 ft long x 25 ft wide, front garden is about 18 ft long x 25 ft wide - not all exactly tidy, so lots of birds for the cats and ourselves to watch! The house is about 18 ft wide by 24 ft - divided into kitchen (around 7ft square) dining room and living room (both approx. 11 ft by 12 ft) and hallway with stairs. Upstairs the bathroom (ie bath, sink, toilet) is about the same size as the kitchen, one bedroom at the front of the house is 7ft6ins x 6ft6ins, the other two about 11ft by 10ft. The garage is about 8ft wide by 18 ft long, to one side of the house. (The living room at the front of the house has a bay window, so it is larger than the bedroom above). It may be small, but the smaller the house the less housework needed! It is semi-detached, which means we are joined by one wall to one of our neighbours - the garage then abuts the garage of our other neighbour - useful in security terms, as there is no easy access from front to back. To me, the thought of having a larger washing machine just means more ironing waiting to be done, and the need to use more electricity and water - so higher bills. -- Jane Partridge -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.3 - Release Date: 31/01/2005 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
