Rob and I were discussing houses in our respective countries. He said the average size of houses in England was similar to the size of a tiny house we were looking at online, which I think was between 800 and 1000 square feet.
Well I got curious and looked up what the average size is here:
“I was curious so I found this:
Over the last 42 years, the average new US house has increased in size by more than 1,000 square feet, from an average size of 1,660 square feet in 1973 (earliest year available from the Census Bureau) to 2,687 square feet last year.Jun 5, 2016”
I like to get ammo like this for when people like to brag about how wonderful their socialized medicine is. This happens a lot with my family in Italy or even on a couple Facebook groups about various medical afflictions that I am on. It never fails that when someone in America asks about the price of a procedure, someone with “free medical has to talk about how wonderful it is.
They never see the hidden cost, high taxes, less disposable income, less economic opportunities, and a much lower standard of living.
My cousin in Italy will talk about her “free” education and “free” healthcare, and then in the same paragraph ask how it is that we can afford an entire house where she only has an apartment. Or how my husband could afford to retire early. Although there people retire early because they are forced out because there are no jobs for the younger Generations!
But she never sees the correlation. And doesn’t get it when I try to explain.
The Ruth Buzzi Ginsburg Pool
Jan 21. JudyinCanada
Feb 1. Hoosiermama
Mar 1. Dollycali
Mar 13. Cottonball
I’ll keep a running tally of who has what date. But be sure to ping me because I don’t always read every post if I get behind.
The prizes:
A conservative court
Getting to watch the left going nuts again
We’ll add more as they are submitted