Oh Lordy, where to start
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Of course you picked houses under construction and the ugliest ones you could find as well.
Does this tell people that one is supposed to enter the house through the garage? Is it a subtle subconscious statement saying: "I don't want to interact with other humans; I just want to get in my car and move from place to place without encountering other humans physically, or having to talk to them?"
None of the above. It tells that the car drives into the garage for the homeowner's convenience. We get out of the car, walk across the street for the mail or to chit chat with the neighbors or to pick at some of our plantings, etc. Your thoughts are bizarre to say the least.
It seems to me to be. There is something very hostile about coming up upon a house that is all garage frontage. Does anyone else have that sort of feeling?
I dont' care for all garage frontage either however not all houses are built that way. To build with a side or rear garage requires more land and land is expensive. But then you picked the ugliest ones you could find. No landscaping, unfinished, and ugly. Then you compared them with a drawing of a dream house of yesteryear and expect people to "get" what you are saying. Very few modern families would like living in a house that wasn't set up for a modern lifestyle. Yes, some do, but then they remodel to get it the way they want it - i.e. - modern.
No one wants to live with 7 foot basement ceilings and have no cabinets in their kitchens. No one wants a bedroom with a 9' dimension. We want modern energy efficient windows and doors. We want more than a 25 foot lot. Of course that house isn't pictured on a 25 foot lot either. That would make it look quite a bit different.
Didja notice that they show shingles on the roof, but specify rolled roofing? Now that would be attractive, don'tcha think?
OTOH-I'd love to have the millwork from an older house. Machine made just doesn't match that made by the old craftsmen. And the materials to make it aren't cheap any more.
They might as well place gas pumps in front of these houses. I get the impression sometime that I am supposed to drive up and hand my car keys to someone and ask for a tuneup.
That said, some old gas stations have more charm than these houses.
If you live with the stereotypes you listen to, that is all you will ever think. And I doubt that you were even around when you didn't have to pump your own gas.
And some new gas stations have more charm than some old houses.
More later, but I wanted to address your tirade.