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Young adults in America are not chasing the "American Dream" of buying a large home and all the bells and whistles associated with them. The majority of them prefer small, convenient spaces and optimal functionality.As someone that has never owned a home and doesn't have enough in the bank for expensive California homes, I've been watching the tiny home debate for a few years. Whenever these news articles appear, they are flooded with negative biased comments by large home builders and those workers that build them since such is an immense industry, highly involved with Wall Street and banking.
An industry that has for years been the worst facet of crushing USA inflation, especially here in California. And an industry with their puppet local urban politicians that tends to monkeywrench any attempt at lowering costs. A common manipulative biased criticism is they are too small. But then many young adults, low income people, and poor live in small studio apartments, mobile homes, or over crowd with many occupants in single residences.
What’s The Tiny House Movement? Why The Fuss Over Tiny Homes? | Tiny Living Life
According to the US Census Bureau, the average size of a home in 1973 was 1,660 square feet. By 2015 average home size had increased to 2,687. Yet during the same time frame, average family size went from 3.0 persons down to 2.5 persons. What does that tell us?
Today’s society is busy accumulating stuff. Consequently, marketing experts have capitalized on “bigger is better.” Go into any fast food restaurant and you can see the results. Everywhere we go we are encouraged to buy, buy, buy. So how do we combat that commercial mentality? Thankfully, one movement is doing just that…
Tiny home statistics:
Top 35 Tiny Home Statistics and Facts of 2024 - Today's Homeowner
Tiny House Statistics: Market & Trends (2023)
3-D printed tiny home:
Startup CEO says ‘the house of the future costs as much as a car’ — here’s how the company plans to make it happen
The companies that are currently cashing in on the smaller, more convenient homes with an emphasis on functionality that young Americans want are mobile and pre-fab home manufacturers in the US and Canada.
Meanwhile, America's major real estate and construction companies are buying up as many properties as they can, including mobile home parks and foreclosed homes, hoping to make consistent annual profits over the decades to come. But it's a gamble right now because most young Americans just aren't interested in McMansions and ranchettes and "must-have" swimming pools.
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