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Re:‘Better Yield on 5nm Than 7nm’: TSMC Update on Defect Rat... by valuearb on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @04:36PM (#24286982)
If 1,500 SF homes cost more now than they did in the 70s, how is the average person affording 2,700 SF homes today?

And low end AC & Dishwashers can be had for only a few thousand dollars NOW. Back in the 70s the cheapest ones were still expensive enough to require an upper middle class income.

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Re:‘Better Yield on 5nm Than 7nm’: TSMC Update on Defect Rat... by skohan on Thursday August 27, 2020 @01:35AM (#24290452)
> how is the average person affording 2,700 SF homes today?

They're not. Home ownership is currently at about the same level it was in the 90's, declining from a boom in the 2000's driven by sub-prime lending, but if you look at generational differences, everyone younger than baby boomers is basically owning homes at much lower rates.

https://journal.firsttuesday.us/bad-news-for-tomorrows-homeo...

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Re:‘Better Yield on 5nm Than 7nm’: TSMC Update on Defect Rat... by valuearb on Thursday August 27, 2020 @01:55AM (#24290538)
2014 was six years ago after a sharp recession. Current home ownership is near all time highs.

https://www.census.gov/housing/hvs/files/currenthvspress.pdf

So why is the average home size nearly double the size in the 70s?

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