Boomers Bought Up the Big Homes. Now They're Not Budging.

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34. In 1950 the average home built had 983 sq. ft. My home was built in 1943 it is almost exactly

that size. In 1960 the average home built was 1289 sq. ft., my father built a new home that
size in 1959. Two brothers and I grew up it that home. My best friend came from a family with 5 brothers
they grew up in a home about the same size. Today families are smaller than the baby boom generation
was and yet the average home is 2657 sq. ft. People today build a home with 2657 sq. ft. Yet storage buildings
for people's stuff are filled up as fast as they can be built. I am single and I would be just fine living in
500 sq. ft. People complain about the cost of a new home, do they need a 2657 sq. ft. home and pay for
an extra storage building for their stuff? I live in the country; I have 1/2 acre of ground which is about
the average size of a lot around here at that time. Today you have to have a minimum of 1 acre for a
septic system. The minimum size of a building lot is 1 acre now but it is common now for people to build on
a 5-acre lot.