[citation][nom]bv90andy[/nom]I still wonder why in the western society people don't have their own back yards...? Where I come from everyone has a yard and a fence so you don't need to do all this in the street[/citation]
Depends on the country. In England land is incredibly expensive and there is a ridiculously-high population density. Thus, instead of getting acres of land for your money you end up buy a crummy apartment in the middle of a ghetto, and you count yourself lucky if you have a parking spot on the main road let alone garage access. The vast majority of houses here don't have drives big enough to allow cars access to the rear garden, it's simply impossible.
I'm not picking at what you're saying, just expressing my views on what it's like in the UK, and what little space you get for your dollar. Despite all these things people over there fight for space, and social housing has waiting lists as long as your arm. To see it with your own eyes is quite bizarre, alas, America is slowly going the same way, what with immigration (mostly illegal), as well as and one-world governments/corporations carving up land. Not a very nice environment is it..and I don't think you can substitute a lack of space by immersing yourself in technology, and fast Internet.