[onyx]

Large houses are somethig new?

I don't think so.

I have a Victorian (built in 1883) that's 3900 sq. ft.

[Melas]

Large houses are nothing new. The predominance of large houses is nothing new. The problem isn't that large houses are being built. The problem is as the article hints at, a lack of smaller houses being built. The end result is a class stratification of home ownership.