Kiss the McMansion Goodbye: Is the American Home Shrinking?

A long-term trend toward smaller houses is well underway -- with huge implications for the future of our cities.

By Sara Robinson

March 16, 2012  |  Very Tiny Houses may be the new American homeowner porn.

I know I'm far from the only one who looks at pictures like this one and thinks wistfully about all the stuff I'd get rid of if I had such a place. I could prune my closet to nothing. Cull out the excess kitchen stuff, and winnow things down to a few pots and place settings. Consolidate all my books, movies and electronic toys onto a single iPad. And my Saturdays would be my own: I could clean the whole place in half an hour flat.