People prefer narrow streets with conserved open space.
Large-lot developments far from existing towns and cities have distanced people from what they want. People don t need as much space as they once did. Today s families are smaller than they were in the past few decades. Less than half of American families have children under 18 years old living at home. Moreover, as our population grows increasingly older, more people want smaller homes in communities close to friends, family, shopping, and health care.