I’m generally unimpressed by the term movement , which now seems to mean “advocacy by two or more people.”
But maybe, just maybe, there is something to the Small House Movement , which (according to The Economist ) “has been around for years, encouraging people to think about how much house they really need.”
It seems that people have paid no attention, but the financial crisis might now focus some minds.
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