Bin Laden is dead, official

[Bakkels]

Originally Posted by tater

I keep seeing press about his luxurious compound, and sometimes "mansion."

The place looked like a dump, and is considerably smaller than my house. A million doesn't get much in some crappy suburb if Islamabad, does it? Seriously, what's the per capita income there, a million should buy a frickin palace, not a 3000ft^2 dump (described in one report as "a sprawling 3000 ft^2 mansion." (the average US home is ~2400 ft^2 for comparison).

I don't start even thinking "mansion" til over 10,000 ft^2.

Well if you're trying to hide, building a beautiful, huge mansion in Pakistan wouldn't really be smart I guess.

btw, you can't relate average income directly to square feet of housing.
The average income in my country is slightly higher, but houses here are generally way smaller. That's just a matter of population density.