Today's observations of newly-minted suburbia

Today I did many things, here’s two of them:

  1. I lay on the grass in the sunshine.

  2. I walked through a relatively new subdivision (new enough there are still empty lots and houses under construction).

Consequently, I’ve found a answers to yesterday’s question:

What are the assumptions that go into house design?

While yesterday I was more interested in the actual technical assumptions, today’s observations led to some more tongue-in-cheek conclusions.

I can’t be sure, but it seems that when designing a house, we seem to assume that:

  1. Everyone needs a double garage, even though they park their cars outside.

  2. All doors except the front door (although sometimes including the front door) must be separated from the street by a fence. Preferably a solid, six-foot high fence.

  3. The only people people with different aesthetic preferences are those with money.