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notbob wrote:

Much larger, too.

A cathedral ceiling is not "larger". It's less floor space.

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The size of the average house has increased from 938 sq feet in the 50s
to 2,700 square feet in 2009 and that has nearly doubled from 1,400
square feet in 1970.
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