Dear David: Is the White House the largest private residence in the United States?
Dear Reader: No, not by a long shot. The 132-room residential portion of the White House is dwarfed by many other U.S. homes, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates' 66,000-square-foot lakefront compound in Medina, Wash. (replete with a 60-foot-long pool with underwater sound system and reception hall that can accommodate 150 for a formal dinner), and the 18,000-square-foot, 25-acre waterfront estate in New York's Hamptons that pharmaceutical magnate Stewart Rahr purchased for about $45 million.
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