Where are they all coming from?

So building is booming, rental units are non existent... where are all these people coming from? Well one place I never thought of until reading an article yesterday is DIVORCE. Makes sense when you think about it, we all know the stats.. 1 in 2 marriages 5 years and under and another 1 in 2 of the remaining by 10 years if memory serves. So that divorce rate means 2 buyers and livers rather than one co-op unit of a family.
The thing we don't think about is the environmental impact this can have, now there are 2 homes, 2 furnaces, more driving, two of everything bought etc etc. By two people who 20-30 years ago would have had a smaller footprint.
I'm not saying stay together for the sake of the environment, but we need to look at city planning, housing sizes etc etc and plan accordingly or the waste and cost in $ and to our environment may be more than we can bear in the future.
Combine this with our desire for bigger, better, nicer and wanting it faster than any generation before us and the problem seems to compound itself beyond comprehension!

Something to think about anyways.. Post your comments and let me know what you think...