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The west coast of the US where most homes built later than 1990 are practically built on concrete slabs and have no basements and no usable attic space.
I meant carports with overhang that shelters from rain between cars and homes. In the southwest there isn’t too much rain but it does pour enough with wind enough that I prefer there is something to keep water off between the car and the home. You’d think people have SUVs long enough builders know to keep some space between cars. I mean even a Malibu seems a a little big for the garage. Not to mention no offense but people are getting bigger and need more room to open car doors and walk in between cars and whatever in the garage.
Here on the gulf coast it’s about an equal split between slabs and crawlspaces. Slabs are more common on flatter lots, while crawlspaces are used on sloped lots.
Carports are common here too, unless it’s one of those cookie cutter HOA subdivisions where all of the houses look the same, those usually have double garages.
It took a friend of mine several months to find a place that had a big enough garage for a full size truck. This was in MN where there is so much bad weather a garage is a necessity. Unless you want to chip ice and dig your vehicle out all the time!
This article does state though that the average new construction size has dropped very slightly, from around 2700 square feet to 2571 square feet in 2017. New Home Size Continues to Fall | Eye On Housing
Wow...nice! My house is just barely bigger than your 3 car garage I would be happy with a 2 car garage (currently, have tiny-ass 1 car garage)
I do spend a fair bit of time in the garage. As a hobby, in my primary home's garage I restore art - specifically automotive art. Mostly Jaguars from the mid 1950s and earlier. At my vacation house (a winter house in Deer Valley), once I come in from the ski slopes, my hobby is manufacturing custom skis.
Some builders are clueless. Others are cheap. And some actually get it. My builder's standard was there had to be enough room for him to park his work truck. And that was a crew cab ¾ ton with an eight foot bed. So I have plenty of room to park my pickup, even with a work bench in front of it. My doors are also eight feet high, vs the seven feet I see so often in the Lower 48.
One would think by common sense a garage should at least be wide enough so the average larger sedan, SUV, or minivan can open its door most all the way to exit comfortably without hitting another car, the wall, or storage cabinets in a garage.
Usually, garages with separate doors for each car are best whether two car or three car, or four car garage
True builders are clueless, the biggest issue is builder's agents will normally not disclose anything about the HOA in the community including but not limited to any regulations on parking and required garage use to potential buyers or any other rule for that matter at least based on my experience unless asked directly. That's how causes HOA wars start as many buyers are caught by surprise.
I was also under the impression that new construction was getting smaller.
Personally, I am so tired of seeing "Large Garage With Small Attached House". So ugly.
We rarely garage our cars. We park in the driveway and walk through the mudroom into the house. Given the choice, I'd prefer a nice, retro finished basement.
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I would be happy with a 2 car garage (currently, have tiny-ass 1 car garage) 
. There was no way we would ever find a garage that would fit my 10 ft 6 in tall Sprinter.
