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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP is obviously one of the oldsters who bought his/her tiny Bethesda house 20 years ago for next to nothing and, despite benefiting greatly from appreciation over the years due to all of the nice new houses in the neighborhood, cannot afford one himself/herself, and is now bitching that the nice, big Craftsman-style house next door is creating shade on his/her shitty little tomato garden.  [/quote]

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Ha, yeah, probably true. I live in one of those tiny houses (though bought 9 years ago) and used to have the little tomato garden until I had kids. We're in downtown Bethesda near Pearl St.

I won't lie -- I used to think the McMansions were awful, and I still don't love them, but after having 2 kids I would certainly live in one if I could afford it. Yeah, they're ugly, but there is so much space, and everything is new. The closet doors presumably close properly. No wondering when the 70-year-old original pipes will blow. Potential for laundry upstairs. A nice new kitchen. A driveway. A garage. A powder room on the first floor. Hell, a dishwasher -- we don't have one and don't have room for one unless we completely redo the kitchen. Do you know how much of a pain it is to wash baby bottles and pumping gear by hand?!

So, I don't really judge the McMansions much anymore, except the modernist ones which really are so hideous that I can't get past the outside. For the rest, if someone dropped $2 million in my lap, I'd buy one.[/quote]

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