"Our local tv had a story on last night about the number of homes being torn down to be replaced by new houses. A lot of extreme makeovers going on in the Mpls, St. Paul and the suburbs. Of course there are some whining about the large size of the houses that are being built. They would rather people be stuck in some 1950's rambler."
We have friends whose daughter is finishing up her Master's degree and her finance is working on his doctorate degree in the Mpls/St Paul area. These young people cancelled wedding plans that were getting out of hand and asked for the money to be used as a down payment on a little two bed room rambler/cottage and funds to re do their new home.
Re wanting someone to live in a small rambler versus a bigger new home is typical of the mental illness that left wingers suffer from.
One of the best remarks I've ever come across on the current housing situation is that what we consider "THE POOR" in America currently live under 1950's housing conditions. And although that's not optimal, those of us who lived in the 1950's aren't likely to describe ourselves as "deprived."