The shrinking of the American lawn

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/the-shrinking-of-the-american-lawn/ar-BBu0d49

I think this is makes complete sense - to take more house over more yard....yet I don't have kids that would play outside in a yard and I grew up on 5 acres in Wisconsin.

“We still want our big homes with ample bedrooms and bathrooms, but increasingly, we’re having to make a tradeoff to keep those kinds of homes accessible—namely, smaller lots. Americans want both space and convenience, but the land available relatively close to job centers is expensive. This trend of larger homes and smaller lots represents the compromise between what builders can profitably build and what consumers will actually buy.”