Homebuilders. How is it that the size of the average family has gone down and the size of the average house has gone up?
I say follow the money. More money paid to heat, maintain and pay prop taxes. I remember when you had a living room. Now its a family room, a dining room that is used twice a year, a recreation room, rooms rooms rooms and nobody is using them.......well with this new odumbiconomy.....maybe its a good thing since kids and grandkids are gonna be coming home to live lol.
I would guess that with today's housing materials and more efficient environmental controls, energy bills aren't the major consideration they once were. Plus, I think everybody in the housing industry pushes bigger is better. The bigger the house, the bigger the commissions..