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<div><font face="Lucida Grande" size="-5">Excerpt: The average size of
newly built home continues to grow, although not as much as in
previous years. It is now 2,687 square feet, according to the Census
Bureau's<u> annual survey of American housing</u>. The census also
says that 31 percent of newly constructed homes are 3,000 square feet
or more.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Lucida Grande" size="-5">New houses tend to be more
expensive than used ones ("existing houses," as the industry terms
them). Wealthy people are driving that new-house market, and builders
are giving them what they demand.</font></div>
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" Š housing growth poses the main threat to
protected areas in the United States whereas deforestation is the main
threat in developing countries."<br>
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"US protected areas are increasingly isolated, housing
development in their surroundings is decreasing their effective size
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<div><font face="Verdana" color="#000000"><i>PNAS</i>. January 12,
2010.</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" color="#000000">Housing growth in and near
United States protected areas limits their conservation value.<br>
Volker C. Radeloff, Susan I. Stewart et al.</font></div>
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