Why Does OS X Change the Display of my Home folder?

Howdy,
I prefer an icon display of my HOME folder with 32x32 bit icons and a fairly tight spacing. I set this using Finder's Show View Options (Cmd-J) menu item. this seems to stick for a while, even through boots, but, at some point, it goes back to 24x24 bit icons with maximum icon spacing. Why won't the OS respect my display options in my own HOME folder?
Good Luck,
Herb Schulz

The .DS_Store file should be owend and accessible by you, but if not for some reason then sudo will be needed. That is why I included it in the command.
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