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Re:Adjusted for inflation, a Single Family Home costs 75% mo... by oneoff786 on Monday April 18, 2022 @07:04PM (#31077811)
This article says homes are 74% larger, but compares to 1910.

Not sure why the cost per household member should matter all. I didn’t get a family size discount on my home.

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Re:Adjusted for inflation, a Single Family Home costs 75% mo... by jacobr1 on Monday April 18, 2022 @07:18PM (#31077939)
> I didn’t get a family size discount on my home

You do though. The cost of kitchen for a couple without kids, and one for a family of 5 is roughly the same. You might have more square footage overall for house, with more people, but the construction costs are concentrated on the shared spaces like kitchens or even things like living living rooms where square footage will scale sub-linearly with the number of people in the household.

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Re:Adjusted for inflation, a Single Family Home costs 75% mo... by j_walter on Monday April 18, 2022 @07:29PM (#31078043)
Not to mention there used to be more multigenerational homes...therefore more people to pay the cost.
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Re:Adjusted for inflation, a Single Family Home costs 75% mo... by oneoff786 on Monday April 18, 2022 @08:54PM (#31078621)
That has no effect on the price of single family homes. You’re bringing in a very different metric.
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Re:Adjusted for inflation, a Single Family Home costs 75% mo... by bally0241 on Monday April 18, 2022 @11:27PM (#31079496)
That's literally not a discount though.
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