McMansions 101: What Makes a McMansion Bad Architecture? (2016)

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Re: McMansions 101: What Makes a McMansion Bad Architecture? (2016)

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Post by asdff » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 6:05 PM UTC

asdfasgasdgasdg wrote: post #68

asdff wrote: post #67

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How about SUV buyers perfectly happy with terrible mpg, terrible sightlines, multiton curb weights damaging their roads and driveways, built too large to fit into parking spots, and driving like maniacs with their supercharged v8, never once using their blinker? Those people seem content. Still, their choices lead to certain externalities we all now have to deal with to support their "big hulking car" syndrome, where…

When was the last time someone died because they saw a McMansion? The people who live in McMansion land do not consider them to be eyesores. That is why they keep getting built. I do not accept that a McMansion violating the aesthetic sensibilities of people who don't even live near them is a "negative externality."

Lets see they are multiple times the size of a typical home, multiple times the footprint, built cheaply so they need more repairs and increase price of insurance pools. If you take a step back and realize what these things actually are, a waste of resources, then yeah they affect everyone.

Re: McMansions 101: What Makes a McMansion Bad Architecture? (2016)

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Post by ImPostingOnHN » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 10:17 PM UTC

asdff wrote: post #70

ImPostingOnHN wrote: post #69

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It depends what you mean by "it". We were discussing how people style their own property, which, yes, is largely a matter of taste. For some reason, you keep trying to shift the discussion to vandalizing someone else's property, which you don't own. In that case, no, property ownership is generally not a subject of taste. Do you really think it is , asdff?

Fine, no poop. I will twerk in front of your house.

I have neighbors that let invasive, aggressive weeds take over their lawns, to the point where they try to make it to mine, and I will spend the rest of my days either beating them back or succumbing to them.

That's life when you're HOA-free, though. Sought that out. They can do what they want with their property, more power to them. Maybe they like it, maybe it's water smart, maybe they just don't feel like weeding. At least they're nice people :)

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