Douglas C. Pizac/Associated Press The Astle family, children Kayla, Mason and Ali, and parents Valerie and Evan, pose outside their new 5,700 square foot home Tuesday, in Kaysville, Utah. The state has the biggest concentration of big homes in the nation. Ali, 15, hates the idea of moving. She'll be leaving her friends and attending her arch-rival high school in the fall.

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Appetite for big houses keeps growing - though family size shrinks and cost rise

• By ncs-import
• May 22, 2007