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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So beyond their contributions to sprawl, it's that they're shoddily built (expensive, yes, but still shoddy). The McMansion style is pretty much the same from Delaware to Texas to Oregon, with some style slight regional variations. They're environmental monsters - great rooms, movie rooms, great halls, etc., are difficult to heat, cool light, etc. The rooms and layouts aren't particularly useful, i.e., 1/2 the floor space on the main floor is given over to a vast, formal living room that no one ever uses, plus it goes up two floors, meaning that the bedrooms are large closets. They play poorly with their neighbors in established neighborhoods (cough cough North Arlington cough cough), and they don't add much to Suburbia, either.

I could go on, but you get the point. To PP who rather naively assumes it's all just jealousy, I wouldn't mind having a larger house than our 1500 square foot TH some day, but I'd rather eat dirt at every meal before living in a McMansion.[/quote]

Why are they shoddy? We found them to be equal or better in terms of construction quality and water resistance. How are they environmental monsters? Our new energy efficient home actually costs less to heat and power than our old 1200 sqrft rambler. You clearly are mistaken and have no idea what a new home looks like or how it is built . The reason for the same style is that it's what consumer demands. You will notice that there are many same looking rambler or cap cods tract homes everywhere because that's what the market demanded back in the 40s-60s.[/quote]

And the energy savings were comparable after doubling/tripling your square footage? Side eye to that, or you really should have done an energy audit in your old house. You need only drive by new home construction to see how it's built. Would I pay 800K-1M (the going rate for new construction in my burb) for plywood and some builder grade "luxury finishes"? No. And the style isn't the same because it's what anyone demands, it's because the builder slaps 'em up, and people buy them. As far as new home construction goes, it's buildere's choice (McMansions today) or architect. That's mostly it. That's how it was in the 20s, that's how it was in the 50s, that's how it is now. It is the illusion of choice. [/quote]

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