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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are plenty of townhouse complexes being built in this area. ^^^^[/quote]

If we banned McMansions on say, 50% of the parcels where developers want to build them, there would still be plenty of McMansions built right?  But fewer, and they would be scarcer and more expensive than otherwise.

Well that is the reality today for townhomes.  We severely restrict where they can be built, which makes them scarcer and more expensive than otherwise.

I am NOT saying every teardown needs to become townhomes (or, grab your pearls, apartments) instead of mcmansions. Just saying let the market decide, instead of having zoning that in many places bans anything except a detached SFH. [/quote]

The problem is the modest SFH you seen being built in the 70s-90s that’s 2500 sq ft, 4 bedrooms on a .25 acre lot are virtually gone these days because people like to cram these expensive 5000 sq ft McCraftsman on tiny lots.

It’s kinda funny when people rag on McMansions while living in those $1 million dollar craftman houses like these that are ALL over NOVA.

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/4712-N-Carlin-Springs-Rd-22203/home/148032889?utm_source=ios_share&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy_link&utm_nooverride=1&utm_content=link[/quote]

Honestly most of the homes looks different unless its a tract builder or Focal point, NDI etc.. To me the "Mc" means mass produced and repeated,.

I guess the original cracker box homes in this area should be called McShitShacks[/quote]

I drove on Carlin Springs Rd the other day into Ballston/Clarendon. Nearly all the houses look like the one in the Redfin house. They all look the same now.

It’s funny that people strive to be different but are falling into the trap with all the houses looking the same still. I get it, they’re cramming a giant house in a lot that wasn’t made for a house of that size so you only have a few builder options, but still. I think I rather pay a ton of money for a McMansion if it had some land around it than to pay for a McCraftsman house that looks the same as all the other ones but are crammed on a tiny lot on a busy street. To each their own but if I’m buying a big house, I want some land to park my cars, have a pool, etc.[/quote]

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