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wdmartin t1_iy8xjve wrote

Colorado, Florida, North Dakota, New Jersey and Ohio all came out with an average lot size of 10,019 square feet. Those states have very different population densities and climates. Later in the same article it gives data for average price per square foot -- $55.20 in Florida compared to $29.27 in North Dakota, to pick two.

It's deeply weird that these five states came out with an exactly identical average lot size, to the foot, despite their very different conditions.

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NorthBus t1_iy8ya80 wrote

The list is for median lot size, not average. Seems like those states just break up a ton of their lots into a quarter acre?

EDIT: Yes, every title and headline says average, but the actual data tables say median.

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wdmartin t1_iy96pwf wrote

That makes a lot more sense. Median is generally a better measure of central tendency anyway.

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bag_o_potatoE t1_iya5yjk wrote

Live in a 2002 house in Denver metro with a 10k lot, most new you are lucky to get a 6k lot now even in the burbs.

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