> If I can walk less than a mile to a theatre and pay $10 to watch a movie on a giant screen, I won't want to pay $10k to create a home theatre.
What theater are you used to that lets you pick what's shown for $10, vs just a dozen or two movies at once?
> If I can get food from around the world by walking 10 minutes to 20+ restaurants, I won't want to pay $20k to have an 800 sq.ft. kitchen.
What restaurants are you going to where it's cost-effective to eat every meal out instead of doing some of your cooking at home?
> If I can entertain my guests at a community center or beer garden, I won't need to have a $15k patio and outdoor bar area.
What community center are you going to where there's never scheduling conflicts or events? Where you can choose your own landscaping and plants to grow, and do whatever hobbies you want? Where your pet can bask in the sun all day?
Get a bigger imagination about why people want personal space!
(You might also be suprised by how many people in the US can already drive <=10minutes to all the things on your list - and wouldn't see that as a big hindrance compared to walking - and STILL get versions of them in their own home too, to point at some existing evidence to the contrary.)
I'm not saying that no one will want their own mansion far away from the city. I'm just saying that a lot of people don't want to pay for their own movie theatre and restaurant size kitchen. Some people just want a tiny kitchen in a house near a theatre and some amazing restaurants that costs 1/10th of what a mansion costs.
What theater are you used to that lets you pick what's shown for $10, vs just a dozen or two movies at once?
> If I can get food from around the world by walking 10 minutes to 20+ restaurants, I won't want to pay $20k to have an 800 sq.ft. kitchen.
What restaurants are you going to where it's cost-effective to eat every meal out instead of doing some of your cooking at home?
> If I can entertain my guests at a community center or beer garden, I won't need to have a $15k patio and outdoor bar area.
What community center are you going to where there's never scheduling conflicts or events? Where you can choose your own landscaping and plants to grow, and do whatever hobbies you want? Where your pet can bask in the sun all day?
Get a bigger imagination about why people want personal space!
(You might also be suprised by how many people in the US can already drive <=10minutes to all the things on your list - and wouldn't see that as a big hindrance compared to walking - and STILL get versions of them in their own home too, to point at some existing evidence to the contrary.)