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That's small relative to US houses today, but even the smallest size they have there is 60% larger on a per capita basis, if there's an individual resident, than houses were in 1900 in the US.
https://www.windermere.com/blog/how-the-american-home-has-evolved
In 1900, 217 square feet per capita.
It's small relative to houses back then too. I don't think there were many 217 sqft houses, we just had more people per household back then.
Per capita is a bit odd for measuring the space in a house too. 5 people don't need 5 kitchens and bathrooms
If these were ADU's or something similar, I'd respect them more. This just looks like typical suburbia but with tiny homes.
I question why this couldn't be a set of apartments.
Yeah, apartment/condo buildings should be the goto rather than tiny homes. The "shared walls" issue is really a "stop cheaping out on sound insulation" issue.
Zoning laws, these could still qualify as free standing single family housing, which in Texas is probably required for most suburbs.