Granted I live pretty close to a city--not a city like New York where people live in apartments but the suburban cul-de-sac living city. Speaking for what I've seen a big yard is 50 feet X 75 feet. They are not concerned about getting food--it's been plentiful all their lives. They are concerned about being "all natural" and healthy. If they're going to grow a garden they're thinking 8X10. They have no idea how plants spread as they grow. A big topic over the past 5 to 8 years was "square foot gardening" which proposes those 8X10 or 5X8 raised beds divided into square foots and each square foot something else is planted--I honestly haven't looked into it beyond that. Another common thing is planting in 5 gallon buckets--bucket and dirt bought from a big box store. When it comes to planing I've heard many people say they planted 3 or 4 tomato plants in the same bucket/square foot. Popular plants are hot peppers, herbs, and corn. The more obscure the variety of tomato or pepper the better. Once planted they don't expect to do much but pick the crop.
They do appear quite proud of the 3 ears of corn and 7 tomatoes they grew during the year. But, getting food is not a problem for them--they'll go to whole foods and buy all natural, organic food.
All this goes along with the recent trend to keeping 6 chickens in a little raised coop with a fenced in 4X8 patch under it for them to "roam", enjoy the grass etc.
Victory gardens are for rural areas and people who have a farm mindset. Poor folks rent property, but even if they have enough property most lack the knowledge these days to garden. They'd tackle it the same way as I described above.
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