Houses have gotten bigger though, it's not just people drywalling their basements... I live in Texas where they don't build houses with basements because the s

Houses have gotten bigger though, it's not just people drywalling their basements... I live in Texas where they don't build houses with basements because the soil won't support it. First place I lived was a typical working class family home built in the 1940s: 2 bed, 1 bath, kitchen, living room, laundry room - 1100 square feet total. Meanwhile most new construction homes here are over 2000 square foot.