Architects, We Demand Smaller Homes

Not that long ago my husband and I went to look at some show homes, they were all pretty massive. I am claustrophobic, but I admit I found this homes horrifically huge, I wondered how many trees fell to build these monstrosities of mostly empty space.

These homes have more than 1,000 sq feet of space per occupant. They have rooms called “Great rooms” and oddly enough a lot of them tended to put the kids bedrooms in the basement right next to the “bar”. Seriously I have to wonder what is up with architects and home designers.

The world does not need three, or four, bedroom homes. We need one and two bed room homes. We need homes that provide people with yards to grow their own food and restrict the growth of the family. In short we do not need more people on the planet, why make it easy by building monster homes?

We need homes that did not take a whole forest and quarry to make.

We need homes that will cater to the kind of family people should be having, that being a family of one, or no, children. Yes, I would make a good evil dictator I am sure!

Before you freak out and insist I am wrong, here are some things you should note.

Currently the world has more than 7 billion people, while you may be living comfortably in your cozy home, others are not. But the world has limited resources, and as we are currently relying on non-renewable resources, and using renewable ones faster than they can be renewed, there will be a point where everyone is in trouble.  Our own population is the greatest global disaster of all times.

You cannot eat your house, nor can you grow enough food to survive on a postage stamp size yard. We need smaller homes, bigger yard, and fewer kids. The population has more that doubled in the last 40 years, sky rocketing above the 1 billion it sustained for a relatively long period of time.

Improved health care, and the industrial revolution, proved good in some ways, but bad in others, as our own population is potentially our biggest threat to survival of the human race.

Will the city planners see this or will they continue to encourage large populations? Well if you know anything about reality you know that the government does not give a darn about 100 years from now. It only cares about itself. The government is happy to have more people, it means more taxes!

The architects want to design big lavish homes that draw attention, earn them acclaim, not save the world. I would love to win the lottery, take some land, build 2 bedroom homes; small, simple, practical, homes, and give them away to similar minded people, people who care about the future of the world and the survival of the human race.

There is no need to have 3, 4, or more kids, even farmers no longer need big families, they have machinery. What we need now is responsible family planning, and smaller homes.