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Then shouldn’t houses get smaller, closer together, and more efficient as our population grows?

The U.S. population, at about 300 million, has doubled since 1950.

There are now 120 million homes in the U.S., up from sixteen million in 1900 and forty-three million in 1950.

These homes account for about 22 percent of the energy used in the U.S. and 74 percent of the water.