>>Living "in the moment' with 4 children living at home in a house built in the twenties, I can assure you the 2000sf is not enough space. it was fine when the kids were in elementary school.
We have just added about 800sf in a master bedroom and family room to our 1980sf 4 bedroom colonial. to be frank, there is still not enough room. when the kids grow up they are bigger, have more stuff, and need more room just to live and entertain.<<
Average car size had been increasing for many years. But as gas prices approached and then exceeded $3/gal, the trend reversed.
After heating costs triple over the next few years, houses may begin to get smaller too ...
There are other trends which may push average house size smaller, including smaller families and increasing costs of building materials, but I think energy is going to be the big one over the next several decades.
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