I've never understood the stigmata that large items have, in my mind their size is an affirmation of quality and ease of service.
I can only think that that this belief that larger equates to quality and ease of service etc must stem from ones own personal surroundings. My workshop / lab / office is all housed in a room 3.3 by 1.7m and that was a bedroom in my house, so yes something measuring 460mm by 440mm is going to be massive when its equivalent is only 280mm by 240mm, so in the same footprint I can fit 3 of the smaller units, therefore I can fit in more kit into my smaller space. That is a reflection of the high density of population that we, in the UK have per square mile when compared to larger countries like the USA for instance,
The UK has 702 people per sq mile, this is in direct contrast to the USA which has 86 per sq mile, so its natural given the vast space available to you to build things on a larger scale, judging by the sizes of the average house garage over there with 3 or 4 cars in it, over here, that footprint would have an entire house standing on it with and maybe a small garage thats about 700mm wider than an average car and about 6m in total length.
My lawn at the front is only 1m deep and a street pathway of 1m and then its roadway, thats the average over here, compare that with the residential areas over there, vastly different. My back yard is about 10m by the width of the house and the only access to it is via the house, no side or rear access whatsoever, so thats where the stigma associated with large items comes from, the need to be able to live in the given space, especially with a family as well just increases the pressure to use space wisely.