I live in Boston. I think there is a bias in that view. We only see old houses that are remaining. We don't see the ones that have been demolished. There are even laws in place to forbid people from demolishing even if they wanted to.
FYI, the mean age of houses in Mass is 59 years old. There are plenty of "new" stuff despite the regulatory hassle and the fact that Mass is one of the oldest states in the US.
You're probably right in that I have a bias. I'm in NH. I'm only an hr from you. And yes, historical society's are pretty stupid. If that's what you were hinting at.
However, if you're using the mean age, then you are including a house that was just built last yr. If you take 1 house that was built yesterday, and average it with a house that was built 150 yrs ago....? The numbers skew themselves in that measurement.
So the more you build now, then the more the numbers are skewed in taking the average/mean down.
