Originally posted by tim60 And therefore does not fit on the road here, and does not fit in carparks around here either and the turning circle is so big it takes multiple moves to get into a normal shopping centre carpark.
And long ago English people stopped putting their car in the garage because they never updated the size of the garage to hold more than either a 1930s size car or a sidecar motorbike. And it seems all garages are far from the house unlike in Australia where the garage is usually part of the house, with a door into the house, so you can take the shopping in without getting wet, or load the kids in the car without going outside where they might escape.
and my guess is that you don't see a lot of the " ranch style housing " either:
a domestic architectural style originating in the United States. The ranch-style house is noted for its long, close-to-the-ground profile, and wide open layout. The house style fused modernist ideas and styles with notions of the American Western period of wide open spaces to create a very informal and casual living style. While the original style of the ranch was very informal and basic in design, starting around the early 1960s, many ranch-style houses constructed in the United States (particularly in the Sun Belt region) were increasingly built with more dramatic features like varying roof lines, cathedral ceilings, sunken living rooms, and extensive landscaping and grounds.
First built in the 1920s, the ranch style was extremely popular with the booming post-war middle class of the 1940s to the 1970s. The style is often associated with tract housing built at this time, particularly in the southwest United States, which experienced a population explosion during this period, with a corresponding demand for housing. The style was soon exported to other nations and became popular worldwide. However, their popularity waned in the late 20th century as neo-eclectic house styles, a return to using historical and traditional decoration, became more popular.
Ranch-style house - Wikipedia