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> our grand paring-down is the result of tight belts and empty wallets, not a nod to minimalist aesthetics. Grand paring down? Since when? The typical US home
by dpark 10y ago
> our grand paring-down is the result of tight belts and empty wallets, not a nod to minimalist aesthetics.
Grand paring down? Since when? The typical US home has pretty consistently grown in size year over year for at least the last 4 decades, gaining about 250 sqft every decade.
http://www.aei.org/publication/new-us-homes-today-are-1000-square-feet-larger-than-in-1973-and-living-space-per-person-has-nearly-doubled/ http://www.aei.org/publication/new-us-homes-today-are-1000-s...
- HamwakHall 10y agoI see a lot of numbers about 'new single-family houses.' What population do you think is living in a building that fits that description? According to the 2010 U.S. census, ~80% of the population lives in an urban area, and all projections hold that share to have increased. That's 80+% of the US population that is living in non-single-family buildings, many of which are being remodeled to support greater population density and smaller individual units.
- dpark 10y ago> That's 80+% of the US population that is living in non-single-family buildings Urban doesn't include just multifamily units. I live in a single family home in Seattle. So do tens of thousands of others. Ditto for San Francisco and many other cities. Multifamily units are also growing. The data only goes back 15 years but they're bigger now. Check page 448: https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/pdf/c25ann2015.pdf https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/pdf/c25ann2015.pdf