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    OMG!PONIES!Hamilton Nolan
    6/03/16 2:06pm

    I’ll stick with my 40 year-old 3,200 square foot Colonial, thank you very much.

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      BobbySeriousOMG!PONIES!
      6/03/16 2:13pm

      The flag is a little off putting. Does it help you remember what country you are in?

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      OMG!PONIES!BobbySerious
      6/03/16 2:15pm

      I put it up on Memorial Day. And also so that my asshole Republican neighbors won’t think that the GOP has a monopoly on the flag.

      That’s right... us liberal Jew Democrats are proud Americans, too.

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    XrdsAlumHamilton Nolan
    6/03/16 1:59pm

    For reference, the average household size in the U.S. is about 2.5 people, so you’re looking at a little less than 1000sqf of space per person. Seems excessive to me, but as you say Americans are accumulating a lot more stuff (not to mention at lot more body mass).

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      Flying Squid (I hate me more than you do.)XrdsAlum
      6/03/16 2:01pm

      My little girl comes up to my waist so that sounds about right.

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      SteveInWIXrdsAlum
      6/03/16 2:12pm

      But that’s average household size across the board, right? I would imagine the average household size of people buying new construction homes is a bit bigger.

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    Low Information BoaterHamilton Nolan
    6/03/16 1:55pm

    My house is 102 years old. It's awesome, except there are no closets. It seems that people just wore everything they owned back then.

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      Flying Squid (I hate me more than you do.)Low Information Boater
      6/03/16 2:01pm

      No, they just used wardrobes instead of closets.

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      Low Information BoaterFlying Squid (I hate me more than you do.)
      6/03/16 2:02pm

      Gross. Who wants lions and satyrs messing with their clothes?

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    Misteaks were madeHamilton Nolan
    6/03/16 1:52pm

    I live in a 1200 sqft twin from 1925 with the original detached garage. That garage holds my fun car and motor scooter. It’s not junk.

    #DoingHousingRight

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      Tidal TownMisteaks were made
      6/03/16 1:55pm

      1200 sqft brick box from 1949, detached garage in back yard is my workshop (and eventually part entertainment space). I wouldn’t necessarily mind living in a 700-900 sqft hi-rise, but having a yard for the dog while also being two minutes from downtown is a pretty sweet setup IMO.

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      Misteaks were madeTidal Town
      6/03/16 1:59pm

      I want nothing to do with high rise living. It’s bad enough I have to share one common wall. I did my share of apartment living. I bought a house so I wouldn’t have to put up with hearing everyone’s burp/fart/bass beat/yell/screaming at 2am.

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    Quasar FunkHamilton Nolan
    6/03/16 1:50pm

    One of our problems is that we live in a society that places such a virtue on “continuous improvement.” Nothing is ever good enough. The most profitable corporations in the world are constantly looking for more profit. We naturally want our children to “do better” than we did. Houses become bigger. Look at Mrs. Soprano’s house compared to Tony’s. God I miss that show. What were we talking about?

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      Redneck SpicoliQuasar Funk
      6/03/16 1:52pm

      we live in a society that places such a virtue on “continuous improvement.”

      lol... wut.

      we live in a society that places a virtue on bigger houses. maybe you were thinking of the japanese?

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      Quasar FunkRedneck Spicoli
      6/03/16 1:55pm

      I just meant that everything everywhere must always be “Bigger, Better, Faster, More.”

      God I miss that kind of music.

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    PoimanentlyPuckeredHamilton Nolan
    6/03/16 1:49pm

    The median size of a new American house is 11% larger than it was a decade ago

    Ok, but hasn’t the median size of the average American increased at about the same rate?

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      ShepardonafencePoimanentlyPuckered
      6/03/16 2:07pm

      What’s the correlation here? A fat man needs two bathrooms to shit in vs. a skinny man?

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      EvanrudeJohnsonShepardonafence
      6/03/16 2:12pm

      Once that fat dude clogs up that shitter, he will be very happy he has a second toilet.

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    pre-emptive sighHamilton Nolan
    6/03/16 1:50pm

    Big houses mean more cleaning. That’s why I prefer living my car.

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      DolemiteHamilton Nolan
      6/03/16 1:55pm

      My house was built in the 50s. Whenever someone on a TV show says their walk-in closets (that are the size of one of my bedrooms) are too small, I want to smack them. Apparently people in the 50s had maybe 4 outfits and one pair of shoes.

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        beetpicklesDolemite
        6/03/16 2:04pm

        Same. When my youngest son moved out I seriously considered knocking out a wall and making his room my walk-in closet.

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        ReedRothchild11Dolemite
        6/03/16 2:36pm

        Yeah mine was built in 1952. What was everyone’s problem with closets back then!?

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      BobbySeriousHamilton Nolan
      6/03/16 1:51pm

      Yeah but the average American is 200% larger, so....

      GIF
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        Indiana van der RoheHamilton Nolan
        6/03/16 2:45pm

        My building was completed in 1911 and was initially comprised of 8 full floor apartments.

        In the years since, it was carved up into 4 flats per floor and is only now, very slowly, starting to return to something resembling its former splendor.

        As older residents die off, apartments across the hall are purchased, and combined.. this appears to be happening quite regularly - first right of refusal clauses written into sales agreements help keep turnover relatively low.. photo for ref

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