> but by that standard nearly everyone within a thousand miles of me is in abnormally large and expensive housing. Speaking from another side of the ocean, it'

> but by that standard nearly everyone within a thousand miles of me is in abnormally large and expensive housing. Speaking from another side of the ocean, it's really true. According to the statistics about energy used per capita, it's some oil producing lands and the US. And that even doesn't count all the stuff that ends on the US landfills.