All the houses are sideways

I’ve walked down my street hundreds of times since I moved here last summer, and I never could figure out exactly what it was about my neighborhood that bothered me - until last night.

All of the houses are sideways.

At least, compared to where I grew up. See, as long as I can remember, houses have always been wider than they are long - that is, the front door facing the street was on the longest wall of the house. You can get a pretty good idea of what I’m talking about by looking at this picture - you’ll see that the long side of the houses are facing the road:

But here, the part of the house facing the street is the shortest wall of the house!

I’m not sure how I feel about this.

One Response to “All the houses are sideways”

Jonathan Says:
July 9th, 2008 at 4:03 am

You’ve lived in the Northeast for what, 5+ years? And you just now noticed this? Welcome to the northeast I guess

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