[who_would_fardels_bear]

But the 13X figure just HAS to be true.

After all, they're not building any more land.

At least that's what the nice man from the real estate agency told me and he was well-dressed and clean cut.

So he had to be telling me the truth.

[SamAdams76]

Actually they are “building” more land. For example, millions of homes are being built in the Southwestern desert where nobody would consider living just a century ago.