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> your house would be 1000 sq feet smaller You've got to be joking. My grandparents lived in much bigger houses with much more land than I could ever afford de
by black-tea 8y ago
> your house would be 1000 sq feet smaller
You've got to be joking. My grandparents lived in much bigger houses with much more land than I could ever afford despite the fact that they were single earner manual labourers and I'm a highly qualified person with in STEM.
In any case, they were at least as happy with their cars then as we are now, and they didn't want smartphones.
- Barrin92 8y agoI'm not joking. That is in fact literally the increase in average house size 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... You happen to be an outlier if you're living in a smaller house than your grandparents. Given that you're saying you're a STEM worker and that your grandparents were manual labourers, my guess is that they owned cheaper property and you live in a very urban area. Which has very different perks.
- black-tea 8y agoWell, I live in the UK, not the US. It's very different for us.