Re: Not always joking, it seems

In the Year of the Earth Rat, the Great and Powerful Keith F. Lynch 
declared:
> 
> I'm skeptical that the majority of American families own a home, and
> even more skeptical that the majority own a free-standing house rather
> than a rowhouse, condo, co-op, or half a duplex.  The US is no longer
> a predominantly rural nation.  Most Americans live in built-up areas.
> 

"Built-up areas" being sprawling suburban developments, not cities.

>> And you speak of free standing houses - what about what I believe
>> you call row houses?
> 
> That's what I call them, but marketers call them "luxury townhomes."
> Around here they often sell for over a million dollars.

And some of these townhouses are bigger than freestanding homes.

-- 
Sean O'Hara <http://diogenes-sinope.blogspot.com>
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