McMansions

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  1. beist

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    Pretty much what I think of when I hear the term too. 4-5,000 sqft houses in the $750k-1 million range, built by the hundreds in new developments by one builder. Maybe 3-4 different floor plans to choose from but they're all the same house. It's not that the houses are bad or ugly its just that there are a million of them and the people who buy them think they are rich but they aren't. Literally lechnerd's neighborhood from what I've seen.
     
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  2. TC

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    McMansion just means big and tacky/gaudy/no taste
     
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  3. bro

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    Same
     
  4. ryno23

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    Someone liked legos
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  5. lunchbox

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    Someone made that house on Minecraft
     
  6. Bo Pelinis

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    Ted talk lady said it was normally used as huge and cheaply constructed with no regard for architectural consistency/aesthetics. Big, ugly, and cheap, basically.
     
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  7. tylerdolphin

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    I can see the appeal of you're into farming and whatnot. But how many people buying a multi-million dollar home are?

    In my case I'd have two options and neither appeal to me. One - just maintain what a want to use for a yard and let the rest grow wild and feel like I'm surrounded by jungle. Two - maintain 3-6 acres of this and that's definitely not appealing to me.
     
  8. tylerdolphin

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    That location can overcome a lot of exterior design faults.
     
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  9. TC

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    You could be riding 4 wheelers and shit bo
     
  10. Bo Pelinis

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    If you have enough money to have a multi-million dollar home with kids it would also be neat to be able to have a basketball court or pool or a place to ride 4 wheelers or play paintball/airsoft or shoot archery or maybe a little pond for fishing or a zipline or neat playset or a garden or whatever else. But I'm also not trying to buy a giant house just to try to get my kids to go outside.

    This obviously all depends on the type of neighborhood you are in.
     
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  11. Bo Pelinis

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    And if you have enough money to buy a house that costs several million you can probably afford to pay someone to maintain the yard and landscaping.
     
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  12. TC

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    Is there a such thing as a McYard?
     
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  13. Boo MFer!

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    Only if you can spray paint it.
     
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  14. TC

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    You laugh but my Atlanta Yard Painting and Goat Grazing business is crushing it
     
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  15. Name P. Redacted

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  16. UncleJesse

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    My house is solid white. Am I retarded racist?
     
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  17. Name P. Redacted

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    You're posting on this site, kinda answers the question.
     
  18. Tommy Callahan

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    You better be ready to fish for goldfish only if you want a bass pond on a 6 acre lot
     
  19. GoodForAnother

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    that’s because you have no taste
     
  20. BayouMafia

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  21. Bo Pelinis

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    I'm not above fishing for goldfish.
     
  22. Homo Erectus

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    Please tell me you quit burning religious symbols in your front yard. I cant afford to send you any more money
     
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  23. UncleJesse

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    I only burn them inside the house in a controlled environment now.
     
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  26. Barves2125

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    I would happily live in that Minecraft house and welcome any and all comments on the design of the home. I'd just make you tell them to me as I stood on the back patio looking at the view.
     
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  28. mb711

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  29. BayouMafia

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    plus it would be fairly easy to smooth out the roof line and add some shutters on the front and a balcony or two on the back to give it some character.

    if nobody else wants it I'll take one for the team
     
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  30. TC

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    It's kinda picturesque with the river and hill but also looks kinda blasted and war-torn
     
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  31. JPWahoo

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    this is all just a reflection of how the nouveau riche just don't belong
     
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  32. fsugrad99

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  33. Shawn Hunter

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    Looks like they may have more attic space than living space
     
  34. mb711

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    Does give an Uzbekistan vibe
     
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  36. TC

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    Walter White like
     
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  38. texasraider

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    that's a lot of butane or chlorine gas
     
  39. Oranjello

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    After being duped by a former employer into moving from NYC to Dallas, despising the city and moving away as quickly as I could, I take every opportunity I can to shit on Dallas. Especially after a bourbon or two, as was the case last night.

    I wasn't arguing with or against you. It was a poorly communicated effort to make fun of Dallas.
     
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  40. ryno23

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    Signal Mtn TN
     
  41. wes tegg

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    I was just fucking with you. :respek:

    As it turns out, that's an incredible home and has no business ITT:

    https://www.dallasnews.com/business...estate-sells-to-prominent-local-family-trust/
     
  42. Name P. Redacted

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  43. BayouMafia

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    local lore says that there's a statue near the back of the property known as the "Statue of Rape" because young over-privileged fratzy's used to take their dates on walks to it and then take advantage of them

    so there's that
     
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  44. Gallant Knight

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    Wild he first two million dollar home with a 700 sqft wine cellar
     
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  45. GGCD

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    lol this house is extremely close to mine
     
  46. texasraider

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  47. UncleJesse

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    Impossible, I don't see any mobile homes in front of the house that they actually live in.
     
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  48. texasraider

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    they're in the back
     
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  49. Why?Pokes

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    All the lots in our subdivision are at least 2 acres w some as large as 6 (and our home definitely isn’t a multimillion dollar house).

    It’s awesome. There’s tons of privacy. No one is blocking anyone else’s view. You can throw a party past midnight or mow your lawn at the crack of dawn and no one gives a shit. There’s plenty of room for kids and pets to run and play. The lots are too big for Residential zoning and have to be Ag or Rural, so you can do whatever you want w your property but still be on city utilities. It’s small enough that you can see your neighbors anytime you feel like it or need help.

    The only downside is you pay a bit more (although not as much as you’d think), and you can’t live in a city center.

    I’ve never heard of subdivisions that require you to completely landscape multiple acres. I’m sure they’re out there, but I can’t imagine it’s the norm. Our HOA covenants explicitly encourage you to leave as much of your lot as you want natural so the neighborhood doesn’t look too overdeveloped.