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Re:For first time since 1880s, more young Americans live wit... by nostromo on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @05:38PM (#11765718)
> Median and Average Square Feet of Floor Area in New Single-Family Houses Completed by Location

There are some caveats there: these data are for new, single-family houses only.

In many urban job centers, people tend not to live in new housing, or in single-family homes -- particularly not people between 18 and 35.

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Re:For first time since 1880s, more young Americans live wit... by maxerickson on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @06:05PM (#11765907)
The number of households has roughly doubled since 1970.

http://www.census.gov/hhes/families/files/graphics/HH-3.pdf

So lots of people are living in newer homes.

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Re:For first time since 1880s, more young Americans live wit... by nostromo on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @06:28PM (#11766042)
That may be true, but that's not a good data set to use either way.

The graph only accounts for 45 million houses in the US, including only the houses owned by the young and the old. But that is a small fraction of US homes. (If those were all homes, the average household size would be 7 people.)

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Re:For first time since 1880s, more young Americans live wit... by maxerickson on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @06:33PM (#11766072)
Sorry, I hadn't read it carefully. This should be for all households and shows the same pattern, albeit with a less useful display:

http://www.statista.com/statistics/183635/number-of-househol...

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