Old 07-09-06 | 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by KnhoJ
Only 1000 square feet! Our friends can't imagine how a married couple could possibly get by in such a tiny space.
Glad to hear it! I still don't understand why 2 people need 3000+ sf to live. We made a conscious decision when we got married to not get more space than we really needed. We currently live in a bit over 900sf, before that it was 768 sf. Both are well designed with excellent use of space. The first one had a lot of builtins that kept the necessary furniture to a minimum. I can't find the link to the stats right now, but in the last 50 years the amount of square footage per person has almost doubled. My favorite house of all the ones I have lived in was built in the early 50's and was a whopping 864 sf, built like a tank and dead simple to maintain. IMHO the main reason they build the houses they do is $$$ There isn't as much profit in the smaller houses.

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