Loving drywall? Once again, we Americans are accused of being...oh whatever, when the reality is, wanting houses big enough to actually move around in and

keep tidy - that is, after a long day at the workplace.  As if it's supposed to be 1950-something - when mom had all day to clean/polish table-tops, walls, baseboards, floors.   Those days are gone - mom HAS to work a job...that is, if she wants any sort of financial security for her family's present and future.  

It's called, living in the real world, dealing with (maybe, not liking overmuch) things as they are.   What the backwoods cult people forget is:  a 1,600 square foot house for a family of four or five isn't enough space when one or both parents need office space.  Even before the plandemic, working from home, sull or part-time, was becoming the norm.  One laptop, a monitor large enough to show a spreadsheet, and the printer takes up desk-space - one basically needs a L-shaped desk to have room to spread out and look over the printed spreadsheet/s, and then there's one or two manuals, because it's smart to make sure you've the right line of accounting, and the right source documentation (which takes up a tab of its own).  Sure, modern computers are smaller than the clunkety things 20 years ago, but electronics have a way of taking up living space. 

In the 1950s, those little pink Levittown houses didn't have electrical outlets every three feet.  Any fireman will tell you, it's not wise to have things right up close to light switches, outlets, heating vents.  The table where the family's phones and tablets are charging is not the place to park hats and newspapers.  Homes during the 50s didn't have computer equipment (which, like any other electronic device, need plenty of breathing room) a microwave oven, a dishwasher (needful items, because mom works for a paycheck).   

During the 50s, a kid could do his schoolwork just about anywhere; enough space for a book, a tablet and a pen.  Upstairs, the oldest, who is in 10th grade, is working a school assignment; the kid (almost an A-student) is studying a curriculum which, of course, involves a (much utilized) computer and 11×14 printed sheets - and more than a few.  Then there's the middle kid, in 3rd grade, who's favorite software is power-point - and we know that spells "ink cartridge$."  The youngest isn't in school, and not much interested in computers - but that will change.