On 19 Jan 2004 20:41:11 GMT, wrote:

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Well, lessee...
An acre is 43,560 sq ft, so a 20 acre square would be 871,200 sq ft, or
about 933 feet on a side. Now, why in the hell would I put my house close
to the neighbors when I can easily put it in the middle, 400+ feet away
from them?

I was wondering the same thing. My neighbor(on the other piece of property I
own) built his house about 100 feet from my fence on his 10 acres. My 10 acres
is mostly sloping, with the only fairly level piece being next to that same
fence, so we're about like neighbors in the suburbs there. The neighbor's 10
acres is mostly level, so they could have built their house anywhere on it.