Breaking up's not hard to do

She has received threats. But that doesn't deter her at all: At least this resident of one of Tel Aviv's southern neighborhoods is firm about not wanting her area to turn into a den of singles running riot. She wants her neighborhood to be a warm, family-oriented, wholesome kind of place with an intimate ambience. That's why she complains to municipal authorities about developers who illegally divide apartments up into ever-smaller units suitable only for bachelors and rabbits. It is the developers who have threatened her, she says. She isn't the only one who objects to the trend, which has become quite a hit among smaller real-estate developers in the country. It's also done wonders for the housing market, but the phenomenon of compact living space has its downside.