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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, mega homes not going out of style.  They appeal to recent immigrant nouveau rich and that’s not changing anytime soon.  There will always be demand in metro areas for such construction, and more particularly large homes in new communities. [/quote]

I love being a recent immigrant nouveau rich.  Sure beats being a broke-ass non-immigrant. -> Though what a waste of the many privileges these non-immigrants have - being an American citizen, having family and roots, being White/Christian, being educated here, being fluent in English, having the right accent, having years of residency to build up wealth, having a community, having a home town.

But, they squander every thing and all benefits being an American brings to them. Instead these poverty struck, loser people are cribbing about the recent immigrant nouveau rich! LOL. [/quote]

Most non-immigrants with the privileges you describe are very happy to live in nice houses and to have neighbors who are immigrants living in equally nice houses.

There's a sub-set of non-immigrants who regularly reveal their nativist tendencies by cloaking it in aesthetics.  Some are downwardly mobile, while others are not, but the common thread is that they are insecure.  They may have spent a lot of money on older houses in close-in locations, and want validation and praise for their lifestyle choices.  When that isn't forthcoming (because, for example, people aren't necessarily impressed by old houses in areas like Arlington), they lash out by attacking immigrants and the "nouveau rich" (sic).  [/quote]

Ahem, cough cough, perhaps they appreciate quality and location? It's hard to approach the quality of craftsmanship and materials of a higher end house built in the 1900-1930 period. I grew up in such a neighborhood and it's apples and oranges compared to your suburban mcmansion.

However, I will say a fair number of my old childhood friends now live in newer suburban houses while many buyers in my childhood neighborhood are people of recent immigrant heritage. So it's not all wasps these days. Just people who appreciate and want to own quality. [/quote]

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