This has long been a suspicion of mine; I've wondered what the actual ratio of housing square footage per person in the US is. I see the wealthy building palati

This has long been a suspicion of mine; I've wondered what the actual ratio of housing square footage per person in the US is. I see the wealthy building palatial 3rd homes that are occupied a few weeks a year and wonder if that's a big enough demographic to have any noticeable affect on the national market. Seems wasteful regardless.