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This is good. Many of the "you used to be able to afford a house" narratives get tripped up by the fact that small houses are no longer built. The obvious solut
by wmf 3y ago
This is good. Many of the "you used to be able to afford a house" narratives get tripped up by the fact that small houses are no longer built. The obvious solution is to build housing of all different sizes. Unfortunately I doubt many of these will be built since it seems like 99% of the US is opposed to it.
- clipsy 3y agoHouses have certainly gotten bigger since the heyday of the "American Dream," but I'm middle aged and even my (blue collar, working class) grandparents were able to afford more than 400sqft; my (also blue collar, working class) parents were able to afford a 2000sqft house in an inner-ring suburb. I'm all for putting an end to the era of massive suburban McMansions, but forcing tiny houses on everyone in the delusion that that's how previous generations lived is not the solution.