Utah: Land of Big Houses
By Tom Shoop | Tuesday, May 22, 2007 | 03:23 PM
By Tom Shoop | Tuesday, May 22, 2007 | 03:23 PM
Looking to buy a big house? Head to Utah. The Census Bureau reports that Utah leads the nation in large domiciles, with 39 percent of homes having four or more bedrooms. Runners-up in the huge home sweepstakes are Maryland, Colorado, Delaware, Minnesota, North Dakota and Virginia. In general, American homes are getting bigger -- at least as measured by the number of bedrooms -- Census researchers found.
Comments
Evangelina, I don't think your meaning was hidden. I'm just saying that your statement indicated that Mormons were responsible for all the large families. That simply isn't so, they don't have the market on large familes. However, I certainly agree with your point on what a waste of money the study is. What was gained from it? Absolutely nothing.
Heidi | Thursday, May 31, 2007 | 11:41 AMTo Heidi,
why is it that when people point out facts, others try to look in for hidden meanings. I happen to be Mormon, by birth and marriage. Utah has large constituency of Mormons, many of whom have a large families. That is a fact.
I do hate gov/our money spent on frivolous research.
Evangelina | Tuesday, May 29, 2007 | 11:15 AMThis is to Evangelina. Please leave your bigotry out of the discussion. Not all Mormon families are large and Utah is certainly not all Mormon as I know since I live there and am not a Mormon. Please leave the religious bigotry home.
Heidi | Wednesday, May 23, 2007 | 02:22 PMI wonder how much money was spent on this research.
Use logic, mormon=large family=many bedrooms
It would also be interesting to know the actual square footage. I have seen homes advertised with 4-5 bedrooms and the total square footage of the house is 1300 square feet. Pretty small. Rooms must be barely large enough to turn around.
Jo Ann | Wednesday, May 23, 2007 | 10:53 AMThe number of bedrooms does not necessarily mean a "large domicile". In many cases it is a smaller 2-3 bedroom home with a couple of bedrooms added to the basement in order to accommodate a large family. It would be interesting to also see the number of children/residents in the home and the yearly income factored in.
Keith (Utah) | Wednesday, May 23, 2007 | 10:27 AMABOUT THIS BLOG
Government Executive Editor Tom Shoop takes a look at news and events affecting the federal bureaucracy, from the perspective of a longtime observer of government.
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