America dethroned! Australia has biggest houses in the world
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I think there has been a backlash against the big houses in the US. I have friends and relatives that live in 3200 sq. ft. (300 sq. m.) monsters and have been trying to dump them on the market because they are tired of all the maintenance and needless energy bills (when they only use 1/4 of the house in a given day). It's a nice statement to make to family and friends that "you've made it", but once that buzz dies off you are left with the reality of spending all your time upkeeping the house.
I think 1800 square feet (160 sq m.) (with basement) is the sweet spot for a family of four. You can put that on a 1/4 acre of a yard and still have room.
I think 1800 square feet (160 sq m.) (with basement) is the sweet spot for a family of four. You can put that on a 1/4 acre of a yard and still have room.
Doesn't surprise me at all. 45 minutes to an hours worth of driving out of the city and you hit McMansion town. They're everywhere these days. Giant uninteresting blights on our country. I can't understand why you'd want to live in one either. I mean, sure you have a giant house, but getting anywhere that has culture and has interesting places to go (like the beach, or museums, etc) is so much of a pain all you end up doing is living in your giant house. Next to your neighbours who also live in a giant house.
Personally I'd rather buy a tiny falling apart terrace style house next to the city and enjoy what life has to offer.
Personally I'd rather buy a tiny falling apart terrace style house next to the city and enjoy what life has to offer.
pseudocaesar
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My new house is awesome, its four bedroom, 2 bathroom, got a backyard dining area, two sheds and a garage, and then the backyard starts, which is half of the entire property. I pay $350 AU a week in rent shared with 3 other friends. I end up paying 87.5 dollars a week rent. Love it.
legend166 said:
Well, the basement area is not included when you list a homes square footage. It's essentially "extra space". Most of the time, it is not even properly furnished (bare walls, bare floors and unheated).
A good place to store the junk you collect, create a "man cave" or a place for a teenager to create his own home and feel like an independent person.
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dasein said:
Beats living with mormons
shanshan310
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but there aren't rattlesnakes in Australia...dasein said:
Also i'm really glad this thread didn't turn into another "Jackson Jive" repeat =/ that was awful.
pretty much everyone i know has a pool (at least in QLD anyway...)Ducky_McGee said:
Those gigantic houses with big pilons out the front - i know one right nearby, and its a horrible shade of pink...
viciouskillersquirrel
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No rattlesnakes in Australia.dasein said:
viciouskillersquirrel said:
australia is a nightmare to live
how can you walk around in your garden without being stressed?
deadly poisonous spiders that could be ANYWHERE (some as big as your hand)
deadly snakes
scorpions?
fuuuuuck you could be dead any sec:lol
how do you aussies do it?
jim-jam bongs
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Hey that's a coincidence! We use "kiwi" in place of "unemployed".medrew said:
MrHicks said:
They're not that common and besides, most of the dangerous stuff is reclusive. There are exceptions though - a male funnel web spider can be very aggressive in the mating season. Sometimes, when I'm sitting at my desk in bare feet, I imagine a funnel web creeping along the skirting board ready to sink it's fangs into my feet just because it's a hate filled little prick that will go anything that moves
edit: Here's something you might like....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc1Bb9YQYtU
jim-jam bongs
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In case people get the wrong idea, it's worth mentioning that we've just come off a long period of record interest-rate lows that also saw the creation of an incentive program for people wishing to buy/build their first home. Also, a lot of the homes that contribute significantly to these statistics are in semi-gated communities (which are quite a long way outside city centres as Mar_ pointed out) where the land is extremely cheap.
Not really where I'd like top live personally, but a lot of young middle-class families like the feeling of security that comes from the 'burbs... even though in this case they're largely manufactured 'burbs.
Not really where I'd like top live personally, but a lot of young middle-class families like the feeling of security that comes from the 'burbs... even though in this case they're largely manufactured 'burbs.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
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MrHicks said:
By not being giant bitches.
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MrHicks said:
I don't think there very many if any fatalities since the introduction of the antivenom. Yeh you wouldn't want to be out in the middle of nowhere and be bitten but being an Aussie resident I haven't seen shit all dangerous creatures where I live (Brisbane). I see plenty of Redbacks during summer but never been bitten by one and many people that I know who have just got sick for a day or two.
Duracelllll
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toughen up, princess :lolMrHicks said:
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
Dont come here
fizzelopeguss
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Sounds like a ripe target for "liberation".
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
fizzelopeguss said:
We get most of our oil from outside Australia, no liberation for us
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
Nah the main reason we helped in the "liberation" was to firm up our support for when Indonesia try to "liberate" us.
pseudocaesar
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6F99VFc4GY
Part 1 of 3 for Steve Irwins ten most deadliest snakes, "all of which conveniently, are found in Australia".
Part 1 of 3 for Steve Irwins ten most deadliest snakes, "all of which conveniently, are found in Australia".
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
I picked a King Brown up when i was a kid without knowing what type of snake it was, it wrapped itself round my arm them my brothers and friends started yelling it was a King Brown so i flicked it off and ran away, was about 60cm long.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
We sell the Uranium so we should be alright, theres no fear of being invaded for it by anyone other than China, who we sell it to anyways.
Water is bad, but its people continuing to move to areas that dont have it thats most fucked up....... which is just about every capital city in Australia.
Water is bad, but its people continuing to move to areas that dont have it thats most fucked up....... which is just about every capital city in Australia.
ToxicAdam said:
Hardly any houses around my area in the south have basements. I think if it has to do with the frost line being much more shallow. They don't normally have to dig as deep for the foundation and it costs more to add a basement. Maybe that's why they have fewer in Australia.
Almost, but less strip malls and chain restaurants. Chain restaurants seem to be less popular here than the US, and strip malls are increasing, but we mainly have large shopping malls, or shopping precincts that still have individual store fronts. But yeah, plenty of cul-de-sacs, sprawl, and suburban mediocrity of design.djtiesto said:
:lol Madness.Javaman said:
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bishoptl said:
In aussie it's so overused that it's almost become standard language...
For example
just saying that the dude posting the wog palace thing might not really be a big dirty racist. Or all aussies are racist, could also be that.
EDIT: Disregard, I'm waaaaay late on something that's already been said.
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