Anyone live/lived in a McMansion? How was it?

Her blog is funny and the descriptions of what's 'wrong' with the McMansions is spot on and makes me laugh. I always knew I despised those monstrosities but didn't know exactly why. However, she can stick her liberal SJW BS up her bandersnatch. I'd love a nice 2000 sq ft rancher in one of those upscale neighborhoods where I don't have to look at homeless encampments and hobos, have my car and house broken into every other week. In other words keep out the riffraff. Unfortunately those kind of neighborhoods seem to be nothing but 3000 sq ft and above McMansion-like houses. No thanks.

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I don't know. I read that post on the Iredell County house and found it to be really mean. I don't like that kind of mean-spirited bullying. I realize the house is super dated and has some issues architecturally, but it's probably some elderly couple's home. I feel bad for them. It's one thing to point out the architectural flaws, but she's just making fun of people's tastes. I think that is just mean spirited.

Agreed, making fun of new construction feels different than making fun of a place someone has clearly made their home for many years.

I like her stuff mostly otherwise.

Living in a McMansion is great. Whenever I have a BBQ and make hamburgers, I feel like a Burger King. Badda bing.

Houses are the one area of our lives that we refuse to be modern. We don’t wear clothes or drive cars that look like they are from the 1920s but we put all these symbols on our houses to pretend they are old.

Let the old things be old and the new things be new.

Yup. Worked my way up from 1050 sq/ft flipping until 3,500 in a swanky neighborhood with HOA noses up everyone's butt. No cars allowed parked outside, garbage cans out of sight by 10 am day of pickup etc...had to get approval for farting down wind. It was nice but as others stated, it was wasteful.

Kids moved out....downsized, traded up for 1500 sq/ft custom ranch with both a wood stove and a gas fireplace, 5 acres and switched old view of a cornfield for the Cascades from Hood to Bachelor. Never going back again....LB

Will you go back now that your backyard view will be wildfires and smoke for the foreseeable future?

1. This bolded part you said is SO TRUE in Geauga County and the outer suburbs of CLE.

2. I am glad someone brought up Kate. She's amazing and beloved by most architecture geeks everywhere.

It's okay in a modern area. In places with old buildings, they attract people I do not really connect with.

By McMansion, I mean these.

http://bucks.happeningmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/neighborhood-with-houses-lined-up-jpg.jpg

Semi-large sq ft houses in a cookie-cutter layout from a catalog with no taste or history. Relatively simple and cheap builds like siding, minimal external space and no customizations.

Large places are nice. Fancy modern buildings are alright.

That looks like affordable tract housing, I thought a 'McMansion' would be 4000 sq ft+, 3 car garage? Also with too many gables? Your picture is not what I would think of.