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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Once millennials get older and make more money they will buy the mcmansion[/quote]

Only as a starter home because they're saving up for a nicer home. Expect lots of price reductions on your McMansion and to eventually sell at a deep discount[/quote]

Oh well.  We still have a ton of money and plan to enjoy our retirement. Guess that means the Millenial kids and the grandkids will get even smaller inheritances. [/quote]

Good for you! Most people view their home as an investment and would be sad if their house updates actually decreased the value of their home. Enjoy retirement - I hope the money doesn't run out early and you end up wanting to mooch off your family members.[/quote]

Who said anything about "house updates"? Our home was built with all the amenities we wanted and more.

And, no, our money would not run out, even if the substantial equity we have in our house were to dwindle to nothing due to the imaginary antipathy that everyone is now supposed to harbor towards larger, nicer homes. But I do appreciate your concern (sic).  [/quote]

I think you need to look up how to use sic.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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.[/quote]

I am not on either side of this fight, however I would say that

- this thread was started in a very condescending fashion by a millenial - you fire a shot and people are going to come back at you

- Most of the 'McMansion (lazy word in my opinion) Owners' aren't there because of architecture, that said, some of it is really bad, but if you notice when you swing at the design of their house, they don't defend the house, they defend the lifestyle

- There is nothing great about the average infill house or 'shitshack' (another lazy word) - it's not like those people hold the architectural high ground - old and brick doesn't make something great architecture and most of those houses were built on a large scale tract basis as well, they aren't all custom homes

If you don't have an unlimited budget you are going to have to make compromises in size, location, design etc - I don't see why it has to be such a vile argument[/quote]

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