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re: The appeal of living in a McMansion development with the houses 10 feet apart?
Posted on 1/3/19 at 1:14 pm to Gatorbait2008
Posted on 1/3/19 at 1:14 pm to Gatorbait2008
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I always liked yard work
Hate it, that is why I have a wife for.
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I'll take my acres and be happy.
A lot was giving to me, buy I also more then tripled that by buying up more. Turn most of it over to my kids. After my son passed away, my daughter has it all. She and SIL don't have time to take care of the place. As of now, a good 75 ac's of pasture has 4 year growth.
I can't do the work that needs to be done. Maybe one day my grandson will take over the place.
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Posted on 1/3/19 at 1:55 pm to chrome_daddy
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This was me as a young man, loved living in the city. As I get older, I now want space. Wish I'd bought more land as a young lad!
As I grow older I am glad I live in the middle of a city a few blocks from major medical centers with emergency departments.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 5:29 pm to Scoop
This actually turned into a pretty interesting thread. I’m glad that it did.
Interesting observations on both sides.
I live in a neighborhood but have a 2 acre lot. I have neighbors but they are not right on top of me. In my 40s, I can see that keeping up my lot is gonna be a pain in the arse the older I get.
Still though, when I go to a friend or family’s home in a tight development, it feels so claustrophobic. The homes are nice even if they all kinda look the same. It’s like living in an apartment.
Interesting observations on both sides.
I live in a neighborhood but have a 2 acre lot. I have neighbors but they are not right on top of me. In my 40s, I can see that keeping up my lot is gonna be a pain in the arse the older I get.
Still though, when I go to a friend or family’s home in a tight development, it feels so claustrophobic. The homes are nice even if they all kinda look the same. It’s like living in an apartment.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 5:37 pm to brian_wilson
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I live in an urban area. I can walk to 2 different parks, an indoor pool, an outdoor pool, two rock climbing walls, the zoo, a science museum, a rec center and a dog park.
Yes, but can you do so without being mugged. If so, what are the demographics of your "hood"...and I mean JUST your hood (as opposed to the demographics of the city as a whole). For example, the "Garden District" of New Orleans has a different demographic than the city as whole.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 5:42 pm to jimmy the leg
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Yes, but can you do so without being mugged. If so, what are the demographics of your "hood"...and I mean JUST your hood (as opposed to the demographics of the city as a whole). For example, the "Garden District" of New Orleans has a different demographic than the city as whole.
I live in a similar place and I see more 20 something year old women than anyone else walking around. You rarely see any kind of undesirable around. Using New Orleans as an example is not very useful because it has million dollar homes amongst the ghetto more than pretty much any other city.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:19 pm to Scoop
I just wish they would at least include enough garage space for the proletariat to park their cars as well as pile consumer products crammed in Rubbermaid bins into them. It’s really cool that you have a monster truck and a treadmill with crap piled on it but most of your neighbors could probably do without staring at it when they drive home.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 7:02 pm to Scoop
Is this the thread where the snarky 23 year old living in an apartment makes fun of an honest working adult man or woman (with kids) who lives in a $300,000+ home?
I guess I live in a "McMansion". I don't know really what classifies that. So if you don't live in a large home on a lot on Highland Road, it's a McMansion? Not everybody can afford that. I'm sure most would prefer that.
I chose my neighborhood because of me having two small children and the fact that there are a lot of kids in this neighborhood their age. When we were searching for a house, I noticed how many kids we saw out riding their bike and playing in the yard. It reminded me of the neighborhood I grew up in, so we purchased the home I'm in now.
I guess I live in a "McMansion". I don't know really what classifies that. So if you don't live in a large home on a lot on Highland Road, it's a McMansion? Not everybody can afford that. I'm sure most would prefer that.
I chose my neighborhood because of me having two small children and the fact that there are a lot of kids in this neighborhood their age. When we were searching for a house, I noticed how many kids we saw out riding their bike and playing in the yard. It reminded me of the neighborhood I grew up in, so we purchased the home I'm in now.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 7:20 pm to Dawgholio
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You must be in Nashville. They love that crap around here.
There is no accounting for taste there.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 7:32 pm to RealityTiger
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Is this the thread where the snarky 23 year old living in an apartment makes fun of an honest working adult man or woman (with kids) who lives in a $300,000+ home?
I guess I live in a "McMansion". I don't know really what classifies that. So if you don't live in a large home on a lot on Highland Road, it's a McMansion? Not everybody can afford that. I'm sure most would prefer that.
You don't sound sensitive at all
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:18 pm to JohnnyKilroy
quote:So there obviously is an appeal to living in a McMansion development with the houses 10 feet apart. Elsewise developers would drop the concept. The OP asked what that appeal is. RealityTiger seems to have answered the OP question.
You don't sound sensitive at all
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:40 pm to JohnnyKilroy
So any time somebody calls out another about an idiotic idea, that means it's about being sensitive?
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:42 pm to RealityTiger
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So any time somebody calls out another about an idiotic idea, that means it's about being sensitive?
Nah, you're post just comes off as you being a whiney bitch for no reason
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:44 pm to RealityTiger
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So any time somebody calls out another about an idiotic idea
Definitely not proving my point.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:45 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
quote:Nice.
you're
And you of all people have the absolute last leg to stand on calling out anybody.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:48 pm to RealityTiger
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And you of all people have the absolute last leg to stand on calling out anybody.
More whining. Sack up Shirley. It's OK to be house poor from your D H Horton.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:48 pm to JohnnyKilroy
I’ve read through this thread and I still have no idea what a “McMansion” is not have I ever heard the term before or where it came from....
Can someone clear these questions up for me?
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:50 pm to EveryonesACoach
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To each their own,
Yep. Live wherever you want in whatever you want, not my business.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:51 pm to Prominentwon
Cookie cutter "big" house that was probably designed by a builder for the purpose of being easy and cheap to build.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:52 pm to JohnnyKilroy
As opposed to what?
Spending more money on custom homes?
Now I understand there are homes that go up quick. Especially here in LC and those Horton homes are going up everywhere. They’re cheap as hell. Do they qualify as these McMansions? Or homes for middle class people?
Who and why are we making fun of people that try to live in decent, newer homes now?
Spending more money on custom homes?
Now I understand there are homes that go up quick. Especially here in LC and those Horton homes are going up everywhere. They’re cheap as hell. Do they qualify as these McMansions? Or homes for middle class people?
Who and why are we making fun of people that try to live in decent, newer homes now?
This post was edited on 1/3/19 at 8:54 pm
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:53 pm to Prominentwon
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I’ve read through this thread and I still have no idea what a “McMansion” is not have I ever heard the term before or where it came from....
Can someone clear these questions up for me?
it's complicated
the best way to describe it is a very large house that kind of throws its aesthetics together with no fundamental theme
the 2 biggest themes that i find are (1) houses way too big for their lot and (2) houses that have really fricked up dimensions and no flow. kind of like a "well we have extra space, so let's fit in more house (of a different style and with different materials)
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