Our street has the homes relatively deeply set back (at least relative to lot sizes in town). My driveway is about 70' long, but backyard is only 40-45' deep.
In my ideal world, I'd slide my house about 10' closer to street, but I like the deep yard/driveway. We admittedly don't "use" the space for much other than gardens, but the big driveway can be useful.