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12016-03-06T19:27:28-08:00Katie Christensen8b8b0833e36dee111e0182acfbf29757053ed18881806plain2016-03-28T18:54:08-07:00Katie Christensen8b8b0833e36dee111e0182acfbf29757053ed188The 750 to 800 square foot homes forced togetherness of families. The limited number of rooms made it so there were very few places anyone could go by themselves. The size, including the 10x10 foot kitchen, 12x12 foot bedrooms, and 12x16 foot living room also reflected family values, lifestyles, and essentials of the middle-class, while remaining in financial reach of both blue and white collar workers. At first, it was not uncommon to find professors living next to truck drives, but later Levittown became increasingly stratified by income.
