A book, a movie, maybe a how-to TV show?

I assume that that is what the Dream Home Diarists have in mind. Terrific idea except their discussion is not very enlightening or educational. Yes, I read it regularly so there must be something there. For me it is simply that this is the only place on the web where there is conversation about the process of development. So they win by default. They seem like nice-enough people but as I have said, they have adopted what must be a faux naif pose, so there is not a lot of sophisticated posting by the authors. (The commenters are a different matter — many are quite knoweldgeable.) Now if they changed the focus to getting along with one's spouse in the trying home-building/major remodel process, then there might be something there for book, a movie, or maybe a how-to TV show.

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[Gomez]

It appears that part of the disconnect is the difference in priorities. Remember that most Americans grow up being taught that the American Dream is a big house with a big yard, a picket fence, a spouse, a dog and 2.3 children in a nice neighborhood.

This, of course, clashes with ideal urban development, which focuses on density and minimizing the lot space taken up by any single family homes. But this urban ideal is completely foreign at best to those with the above ideal, and in many cases, an interloper that clashes with their ingrained chase for said ideal. The American Dream listed above is why suburbia and sprawl is so wildly popular and continues to proliferate.

This is a tough subject.