“I read the other day that the size of the average US home in 1960 was 1200 square feet. By 1980 it was up to almost 1800 square feet and today it’s over 2200 square feet.”
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More space to cram more stuff that Madison Avenue says we need while we chase the Joneses. Forget about a useless yard, build it out to the lot line, we need more floorspace for the kids to play video games.

Watching the lifestyle of the middle class evolve over the decades has been an amazing experience.