“Which is why housing is squished together”
Housing is squished together to get more units per land area.
Besides, most people don’t want a lawn to maintain. The kids play in the bonus room and they watch movies in the media room.
You missed the point. Lots are smaller for only one reason: to offset the cost of government tax and regulation in the planning and buidling of housing developments. In states with property taxes, the state and counties will try to maximize their tax revenue, too, by increasing the units in apts. or homes. If the government reverted back to 1920’s control of producers, our world would once again be populated with variety and color.