I agree. While I don't know that I could downsize to 89 square feet, I'd rather have a small place on a big chunk of land than one of those gaudy, pretentious McMansions I see all over these days (many with "for sale" signs) occupying every last square inch of the property lot.
My son in law built a little shack from the fallen logs on his property with one window...that faces the path that the deers take. Then he planted 20 apple trees a couple hundred feet away. :-)