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原帖由 Z 于 2007-11-20 14:52 发表 4 L; S, W$ t+ \. f- p* @
从长远看,紫光是对的。普通人的房子势必越来越小。1 p Y/ y1 o+ v# }: r9 X
' I& C: D5 W: y# G8 w不过这是个漫长过程,就像全球变暖,海面升高一样。几年范围的波动还体现不出来,住在荷兰的人还没那么急着逃离。 * \1 u% j- [0 o" ?5 @4 k
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实际上, 房子是越造越大, 你比较以下新房子和老房子, 就很容易得出结论了. 你觉得你会住一个比你的父母的小的房子吗?( s& u2 Y6 `$ z$ x6 M% o
& ~$ W$ Y% O7 [' |4 a当然了, 在短期内, 因为房价泡沫, 人们可能会买小一点的房子,正如紫光所说. 但是泡沫破后, 人们还是愿意买大房子的.1 w& w) p& ^9 E: Y) l
( [) x7 [ _$ ^/ ^- p& sThe average size of a new home climbed to a record high last year, according to annual data on new-home characteristics released by the U.S. Census Bureau last month, and in terms of amenities the distance between homes built today and homes built 30 years ago continued to widen.
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“Between 1975 and 2005, the portion of new homes built with central air conditioning has risen 43%, while the portion of homes built with fewer than two bathrooms has fallen from 41% to just 4%,” noted Jerry Howard, executive vice president and CEO of NAHB. “Meanwhile, the share of newly built homes with four or more bedrooms has risen steadily from 21% three decades ago to just shy of 40% last year.”0 Q! n" X2 B' M4 R5 y4 I
2 q3 Z2 ?2 u5 w4 hThe statistics, along with NAHB research on several additional trends, provide a snapshot of changing aspects of home design over the past 30 years, including the continued expansion of new-home size through 2005.
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# ]; l4 ?. q) l4 nThe average floor area in a newly built home last year reached an all-time high of 2,434 square feet — up from an average 2,349 square feet in 2004 and just 1,645 square feet in 1975. The Northeast had the largest average new-home size for any region last year, at 2,556 square feet. New homes in the Midwest had the smallest square footage, with an average of 2,310 square feet. |
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