Millennials aren't going to buy your ugly mcmansions, silly Boomers!
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Anonymous
I think you need to look up how to use sic. |
Anonymous
If that's the best you can come up with, it should surprise no one that your housing options are circumscribed and that you are reduced to kvetching about other people's homes. |
Anonymous
No, they have a point. If you don't know how to use "sic," there are probably dozens of other things you don't understand. Also, for as much as you McMansion owners say you love and are proud of your homes, you are obviously deeply insecure about them as some of you have a compulsive need to post frequently in defense of your homes as well as to attempt to denigrate the housing choices of others, but especially when you perceive someone can't afford your showy house. I enjoy mocking McMansions as an idle, time-passing hobby in the car, a little habit I picked up in college as an architecture minor. |
Anonymous
Sic transit gloria, no? |
Anonymous
I know little about architecture, PP, but these caverns of compulsion are easily mocked by any one with eyes. Those that are approaching even 10 years old look dated, faded and shabby. . |
Anonymous
The compulsive ones are those who constantly attack other people's homes. There are plenty in this area who are insecure, and others who have too much time on their hands, but those who start threads like this are both. In your case, you can add a dose of pretentiousness to the mix. |
Anonymous
i'm a gen x'er who still lives in the city. i love the city, but we're looking for a larger place now that our kids are older and not sure we'll stay in DC or move to the 'burbs. even though I'd prefer a beautiful brick moderately-sized home to a mcmansion, there's a 50/50 chance we'll end up in a mcmansion because they are just more convenient for today's daily lives--with bigger kitchens, better closet space, big basements, etc. there aren't that many mid-sized homes that were built close-in in this area, so you end up choosing between 1,800-2,000 square feet and 5,000-6,000. that perfect 3,000 square foot tasteful not too big home is pretty rare. when the millennials' kids hit elementary school they will be making the same calculations and many of them will be moving to mcmansions after all. a lot of what people characterize as "millennial" preferences are really just preferences of people in that age group, and will change as they get older. |
Anonymous
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OP, no one is going to buy your makeshift add on shit shack. |
Anonymous
| omg who gives a fuck? you people are so immature whether you're 30 or 50. |
Anonymous
| People are just tired of the one obsessive poster who complains that every house bigger than hers is an eyesore. The constant over the top derision of large houses is turning into a circus with OP as the main clown. Everyone else is just here to throw food. |
Anonymous
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I'm 34 and I won't be buying a McMansion for the following reasons:
- I won't be able make fun of the families that live in those monstrosities. - I can't afford it. - I love my recently purchased townhouse, with four bedrooms and four bathrooms. - thinking of keeping a McMansion makes me shudder. I'm a messy person. - I ****hate**** moving. I never want to do it again. - it seems like such a waste of money. |
Anonymous
| Realistically, most Boomers in this area are in suburban neighborhoods built from the 50s to the 80s. The "McMansions" are largely owned by Gen Xers and tail-end boomers. If the houses are in locations near jobs, they'll have no problem selling the houses to Gen Xers, Millennials, and whoever follows the Millennials. Many of the buyers will be first and second-generation immigrants, who like big houses and still believe in the "American Dream." The bitter Millennials can hunker down in their rentals, group houses, and parents' basements, complain, and watch the world go on. |
Anonymous
Post-Millenials aren't going to buy your ugly McTownhouse, silly Millennial. See how this goes. |
Anonymous
| McMansions appeal to white trash with newfound $, eg, stupid white professional athletes, and all non-whites. |
Anonymous
In other words, some "smart" whites with little or no money (e.g, people with degrees, but no real skills) like to whine a lot. Who knew? |