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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am the OP, and I have been away from this thread for a while.

Though I only submitted my original post, it appears that many of the subsequent posters have confused/conflated me with a subsequent poster who is currently house hunting with a $1.3 million budget.

That is not me, I am not currently house hunting, and I am not from Wichita (though a lovely place, I am sure).

I just think that the neighborhoods and subdivisions full of the 1990s' and 2000s' idea of "quality new builds" --  as well as the equally hideous add-on renovations to existing houses done during that era -- all with two-story foyers and family rooms; excessive square footage and improper scale, for no purpose other than to flex one's money muscle; a mishmash of architectural styles and influences; low ceilings (in older homes) or too-high of ceilings (in the new ones); extraneous design columns; tumbled marble backsplashes; vinyl windows; no interesting interior details; wall-to-wall carpet; builder's grade everything.

And for the poster who asked, I generally prefer the character, variety, detail, architectural vision and planning, and builder's quality and integrity of established neighborhoods on the West Coast.[/quote]

Maybe you can start a Go Fund Me page for an airplane ticket, because few here are going to buy this crap that a typical West Coast home has much to recommend it.  It always comes down to people here who can't afford what they think they deserve. [/quote]

What I can afford is not the issue.  Across all prices ranges, the housing stock here is deplorable, and arguably more so at the highest price points in the region.  Again, looking at most local builder's ideas of "luxury", "quality", and "design" is laughable.  I think it might be that so many people came here in the 1990s and the decades that followed, and lots of housing was quickly thrown up in the "style du jour" to meet that demand.  The result is very cookie-cutter and very undistinguished. [/quote]

Face it, if you weren't such a loser and actually had a life, you wouldn't be airing your petty grievances here.  It's not like you've said anything here that isn't a total cliche.  Work a little harder and maybe you'll be able to live in a nicer house.[/quote]

I am not the poster looking to buy a $1.3 million dollar house, but your incredibly rude criticism and put down of that nice poster for not working "a little harder" to "live in a nicer house" worth more than $1.3 million is really shameful.

I wish that this site could electronically "out" you, so that your neighbors, your co-workers and professional colleagues, your personal friends, your fellow parents at school and on the playing field, and every other nice person here and elsewhere could see how insufferable and petty you are.  You, dear sir, embody the caricature of the entitled (but deluded) Washingtonian who thinks that they are better than everyone else by virtue of their salary or position, and who looks down with disdain on those you consider of "lesser status" than you. [/quote]

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