The Zammit family refused to sell their five acre property as an entire Sydney suburb was built around them

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Those houses have no backyard, and what it results in is a hell scape with no green space whatsoever. How people can say this is a nicer place to live than medium density with parks I don't know.

I think people have lost the plot around what is healthy and what helps with well being.

Edit: also no shops, no community, just little jail cells.

[u/Foreign-Elevator-Boo → u/visualdescript]

Little boxes on the hillside
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky
Little boxes on the hillside
Little boxes all the same
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same

And the people in the houses
All went to the university
Where they were put in boxes
And they came out all the same
And there's doctors and lawyers
And business executives
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same

And they all play on the golf course
And drink their martinis dry
And they all have pretty children
And the children go to school
And the children go to summer camp
And then to the university
Where they are put in boxes
And they come out all the same

And the boys go into business
And marry and raise a family
In boxes made of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same
There's a pink one and a green one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same

[u/Trigzy2153 → u/Foreign-Elevator-Boo]

My partner and I sing that everytime we drive through somewhere like that 🤣

[u/future23123 → u/Foreign-Elevator-Boo]

Weeds.. Such a show 😏

[u/DoubleZOfficial07 → u/Foreign-Elevator-Boo]

Oh I miss poem_for_your_sprog

[u/Pteroquacktyl → u/DoubleZOfficial07]

What happened? They've stopped? That sucks

[u/efsurmom → u/visualdescript]

Yes this looks like suburban hell!

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Oh, and if you toss in a HOA (I'm sure you have them or something similar) to add an even more enticing incentive to live there.

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But now I can be a 10 minute walk from a swimming pool that me and 1500 other residents all want to use! /s

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Small houses with tiny gardens/yards can absolutely be fine, but they need too be in a more urban environment. Have parks, restaurants, shops and public transport nearby. If they are just car dependent generic boxes, they truly suck.