On 05/02/2021 07:21 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
Your picture reminded me of house size changes over the years. A chart he
https://www.newser.com/story/225645/average-size-of-us-homes-decade-by-decade.html
I guess the decrease in size after WWII was due to a housing shortage.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levittown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_2lGkEU4Xs

Little boxes... White flight from the cities, loan guarantees for
servicemen, and pent up spending from WWII all played a part.

New home construction here is skewed. There are McMansions on 5 or more
acres, many funded by selling out on the California market and fleeing.
Then there are the Levittowns. The houses in the latter are probably
bigger that the original but the construction density may be greater.

Personally I can't imagine living in some of the McMansions. As far as I
can tell the family sizes are limited so it's 2 or 3 people rattling
around in 3000+ square feet.