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The man, the mutts and I recently moved across country from a 700sf bungalow to a 1500sf house in the burbs. We have way too much room. We chose this house for the backyard and the neighborhood, (in addition to the fact that our rent is the same as it was for the 700 footer) not so much for the room.

We've both talked about feeling guilty for having this much room, but it's similar to the way I feel guilt for having a comfortable life, it's because so many others don't. We live in a culture of excess and huge houses are just one more example. I think it come comes from a realization that we don't need all we have, when other people around the world need so much.