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> People forget that the average home was ~700 square feet 100 years ago. Interesting related graph: https://infogram.com/1pqdpn20vkmlelcq6qx7jzwz9pf00g9xnq5 h
by rory 4y ago
> People forget that the average home was ~700 square feet 100 years ago.
Interesting related graph: https://infogram.com/1pqdpn20vkmlelcq6qx7jzwz9pf00g9xnq5 https://infogram.com/1pqdpn20vkmlelcq6qx7jzwz9pf00g9xnq5
Although we're currently in a frothy situation, scaled out a bit, it's not clear that housing prices are growing more than general inflation when adjusting for square footage. What _has_ happened is A) houses have gotten bigger and B) people per household has gotten smaller.