(10-17-2016, 05:34 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: I get it. Building houses simply but solidly makes eminent sense, as shown by the livability of many modest houses (built to be owned by factory workers in the 1950s who had a mortgage on the house and a car loan, but were otherwise on a pay-as-you-go basis for everything else... ah, the economy of the 1950s). I can't say the same of the pretentiously-made McMansions that builders and real estate hustlers pushed with the perfect word for attracting suckers:
LUXURY!
Yeah, she makes quite clear that some of the defining features of McMansions is that they use really fake, cheap materials, cheap construction methods, and poor design based on trying to fit as many "features" into the home as possible, style and architectural balance be damned, in order to give the APPEARANCE of luxury.
Tip, never buy a house that has a 2-story entryway with columns.
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