who is joining me down in Ormond Beach

$565,000 for 3000 square feet near beach

jamey said:

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Diggity said:

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2,500 sqft ain't a McMansion

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For 700K, close enough. That's a ton of money on insurance and taxes alone even I own it outright.

Growing up the typical house was around 1500 Sq ft and that's plenty

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Where did you grow up, I started out in one of the most pissant towns in Texas in the 70s and 1500 was still pretty small by then.

Irving, my house was 1,437 sq ft


But I'm talking not my experience, but national

https://www.newser.com/story/225645/average-size-of-us-homes-decade-by-decade.html

I grew up not far from there!

1600 sq ft for us fsmily
Of 4 growing up.

Having an office or an extra bedroom was rich people stuff

In contrast to the OP's anecdote, I recently listened to a podcast about how downsizing is even less of a thing because as people become empty nesters they now want those spare bedrooms for a home gym, office, etc.

That said, in my old townhome neighborhood in Houston, they main demographics were young adults and older, retired or close to retired couples.