50 States of McMansion Hell: Fairfax and Loudoun County, Virginia

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Topic fail. This woman is an idiot. These are actually mansions, not McMansions.

I can see if it was an oversized SFH with ugly trimmings and a 2 story foyer, but these are not that.

Haha!!!

Salty!

I love this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Topic fail. This woman is an idiot. These are actually mansions, not McMansions.

I can see if it was an oversized SFH with ugly trimmings and a 2 story foyer, but these are not that.

So which one of the list is your house?

[Anonymous]

But these people evidently have tons of money and can't hire a decent architect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Topic fail. This woman is an idiot. These are actually mansions, not McMansions.

I can see if it was an oversized SFH with ugly trimmings and a 2 story foyer, but these are not that.

Here is where she defines "mansion" vs. McMansion" - these are definitely the latter:

https://mcmansionhell.com/post/149284377161/mansionvsmcmansion
https://mcmansionhell.com/post/149563260641/mcmansions-101-mansion-vs-mcmansion-part-2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But these people evidently have tons of money and can't hire a decent architect.

Have you thought about the possibility that the architects they used had better sense and taste than you do and your just thinking of your shitty taste too highly?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The girl who makes this site is uber annoying. I’m not a fan of oversized McMansions either, but let people live and like what they like.

She's a woman, not a child. Her writing focus is not just aesthetic - but how these homes lack sustainability, undermine sense of community, and exacerbate de facto housing segregation.

Sorry Ms. Feminista

And yeah, again that’s their choice. Why invest so much energy into something that doesn’t impact your life. The gi...err woman who writes this just comes across as sad and desperate. I’d never even want a home like this, but if people want to spend money on these giant wastes of space, good on them.

NP but if you don't realize that sustainability, community, and segregation impact lives outside of the homeowners, you're a very shallow thinker.

I don't like any of the houses the blog mocks and it's fun to poke fun at the houses and speculate how people can have so much money and so bad taste at the same time.

But your comments about sustainability, community and segregation are just as cringeworthy as any badly designed McMansion. And accusing people of being shallow thinkers for not meeting your self-imposed standards and introducing an unnecessary (and highly dubious) morality is also quite cringeworthy. I have a feeling I'd probably enjoy the company of the owners of these McMansions than you and I'm someone who'd far rather live in a small rowhouse in the city and walk everywhere than have 10k sqft.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But these people evidently have tons of money and can't hire a decent architect.

Have you thought about the possibility that the architects they used had better sense and taste than you do and your just thinking of your shitty taste too highly?

Oh man sorry you just learned your house is an eyesore.

[Anonymous]

Ugly, ugly ass houses.

Buyers/builders have zero taste and should be mocked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The girl who makes this site is uber annoying. I’m not a fan of oversized McMansions either, but let people live and like what they like.

She's a woman, not a child. Her writing focus is not just aesthetic - but how these homes lack sustainability, undermine sense of community, and exacerbate de facto housing segregation.

Sorry Ms. Feminista

And yeah, again that’s their choice. Why invest so much energy into something that doesn’t impact your life. The gi...err woman who writes this just comes across as sad and desperate. I’d never even want a home like this, but if people want to spend money on these giant wastes of space, good on them.

NP but if you don't realize that sustainability, community, and segregation impact lives outside of the homeowners, you're a very shallow thinker.

I don't like any of the houses the blog mocks and it's fun to poke fun at the houses and speculate how people can have so much money and so bad taste at the same time.

But your comments about sustainability, community and segregation are just as cringeworthy as any badly designed McMansion. And accusing people of being shallow thinkers for not meeting your self-imposed standards and introducing an unnecessary (and highly dubious) morality is also quite cringeworthy. I have a feeling I'd probably enjoy the company of the owners of these McMansions than you and I'm someone who'd far rather live in a small rowhouse in the city and walk everywhere than have 10k sqft.

This comment is a mess. I'm not the first person who commented about sustainability. I was replying to the "Ms. Feminista" poster saying, in response to a comment about "sustainability, community, and segregation,": well, that's their choice, why do you care if it doesn't affect you.

The rest ... like I said, this is a mess. If I understand logic (issues of community affect more than a single homeowner) then I'm telling people to "meet[ my] self-imposed standards"? No, I'm using straight logic. Community, sustainability, and segregation do affect more than the homeowner. If you would like to make a case that the first PP (and blog author) are wrong that McMansions negatively impact those issues, feel free. But trying to sound superior by defending poor reasoning isn't working for you.

[Anonymous]

Ha! I recognized a few from where I live.

I love the "sinister yard vent" label. I'm going to call mine that from now on.

[Anonymous]

The point is as one pp said. All that money and no taste? Hire a respected architect. Nouveau riche trash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But these people evidently have tons of money and can't hire a decent architect.

I'd rather pay the $1.2 mil I did for my eyesore of a house with some land than $1.2 mil for a tiny townhouse in an urban setting.

Sorry, it's hard to hear the haters within my 6,200 sqft.

[Anonymous]

The joy of McMansion hell is the the reminder that most rich people have no taste. You get to look down on them while punching up. They are people who own small/medium sized businesses like dry cleaners, car dealers, home contracting chains, etc. Some of these folks like to show off their money - the more gold plating the better. They don't pretend to be intellectuals, read big books, or use fancy language. They just provide services that lots of people need and use and create a few hundred jobs while they are at it.

[Anonymous]

An example of an actual mansion in Chevy Chase, done by a respected architect. Like PP said, you can't buy taste.

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Chevy-Chase/6404-Garnett-Dr-20815/home/10650321

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The joy of McMansion hell is the the reminder that most rich people have no taste. You get to look down on them while punching up. They are people who own small/medium sized businesses like dry cleaners, car dealers, home contracting chains, etc. Some of these folks like to show off their money - the more gold plating the better. They don't pretend to be intellectuals, read big books, or use fancy language. They just provide services that lots of people need and use and create a few hundred jobs while they are at it.

Nope. You can be a college educated, money-grubbing, swamp-dwelling lobbyist and still have no taste. There are drug dealers without GEDs who have better, more cultivated taste than some schlubby lawyers. Bad taste is not necessarily indicative your your profession or education level.