In article , 127.0.0.1 wrote:
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 06:17:56 -0700, Andy
wrote:


I guess you haven't been living in the United States anytime in the last
20 years. People routinely buy much bigger houses than they need here.
Its almost become standard practice in the US upper middle class.
How else can you explain why the average size of a new house has gone up
at least 20-30% in the last 20 years but family sizes are the same or
smaller?

and when did you get appointed the arbiter of what people need?

Do you honestly think that anybody *needs* a 5,000 sq ft house?