There's only a 5% area difference between the two options. It really comes down to whether or not an almost, but not quite, square window looks a little odd. I would call the view good but not great (often it looks exactly like a polar bear in a snowstorm). I was going to install thermal shutters, but since I'm selling as soon as I'm done that feature has been cut. The view overlooks a state forest, so short of hikers with binoculars it's pretty private. Sometimes in the winter I look at the ski mountain (poking up on the right) with my telescope just for fun.
Having had a few hours to mull it over, I'm leaning towards the smaller size, since it raises the break further above eye level as well as being a little cheaper and easier.
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Main Entry: co de pen dence - see codependency
co de pen den cy
Pronunciation: \kō-di-ˈpen-dən(t)-sē\
Function: noun
Date: 1979
: a psychological condition or a relationship in which a person is controlled or manipulated by another who is affected with a pathological condition (as an addiction to alcohol or heroin) ; broadly : dependence on the needs of or control by another