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Re:For first time since 1880s, more young Americans live wit... by slg on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @07:07PM (#11766318)
The census data linked does break it down by region (Northeast, Midwest, South, and West) and by city versus rural (Inside MSA and Outside MSA). It also lists both average and median. The exact rate of increase obviously varies depending on these facts, but the pattern is the same, American houses today are just bigger.
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Re:For first time since 1880s, more young Americans live wit... by joe_the_user on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @08:06PM (#11766654)
OK,

Actually looking at your data, it's the size of newly built houses. So definitely the houses themselves are getting bigger.

But with the occupants of all the houses, old and new, getting on average poorer, I'd be most interested in the average and median square footage that Americans live in and I don't think your data really gives data on that.

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