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Oct 22, 2014
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Sea Chicken
It's the hippies
Hippies always hate new things.
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why do people hate mcmansions?
v1k0u6
10/22/14 2:43pm
Because of the McNuggets.
UneducatedFan
10/22/14 2:43pm
mcEnvy
JackStack
10/22/14 2:43pm
mcboat, mcescalade, mcplastic surgery
johnnycarson
10/22/14 2:44pm
mcNJerseyCoug
nashty
10/22/14 2:45pm
It's the hippies
Sea Chicken
10/22/14 2:44pm
People just hate what they don't have. Human nature unfortunately.
pink22
10/22/14 2:44pm
The term implies that it's a big, mass-produced, lower-quality home with no
BYUCoug11
10/22/14 2:45pm
oh, and they're also really boring to look at. Maybe that's why people who
BYUCoug11
10/22/14 2:49pm
big stucco boxes with dark earth tones?
JackStack
10/22/14 2:50pm
I hate them in the sense that they have no soul or charm. I also used to live
Iman23
10/22/14 2:46pm
Other than jealousy, this is it. So sterile, mass-produced and charmless
Memmo
10/22/14 2:48pm
But much better than the split level or tudor styles of previous years.
Malathion
10/22/14 2:59pm
What constitutes a mcmansion?
mulletino
10/22/14 2:50pm
this article is what got me going
v1k0u6
10/22/14 2:51pm
House looks too big compared to the lot size and neighborhood look and feel.
winchel
10/22/14 2:51pm
Why do people hate Micronesians?
flavordave
10/22/14 2:51pm
I can't answer for "people" but for me:
Finngirl
10/22/14 2:51pm
Yeah, they are typically low quality, big houses on small lots. The neighborhood
Illegal Jimmergrant
10/22/14 2:58pm
So my big house on a big lot is not a McMansion? Finally, I am cool!
Sid Vicious
10/22/14 3:10pm
I know some people in Austin didn't like them because they were being built in
workindev
10/22/14 2:55pm
That doesn't make sense.
Tokolosh
10/22/14 3:04pm
Property taxes also go up, and lots of these people are on fixed incomes
workindev
10/22/14 3:05pm
Fair point
Tokolosh
10/22/14 3:06pm
Austin ended passing a city ordinance that outlawed houses that were a defined
workindev
10/22/14 3:11pm
This is one reason why property tax is evil.
CrackerJack
10/22/14 3:26pm
it should be based on purchase price for the life of the owner
v1k0u6
10/22/14 3:31pm
Agreed. It essentially removes the concept of property ownership in the US
workindev
10/22/14 3:35pm
they have become a symbol for the impulse purchase by people who cannot actually
Bob Vance
10/22/14 3:01pm
Does this post help?
Snorky
10/22/14 3:02pm
I hope he ended up splitting the gorgeous great room
workindev
10/22/14 3:11pm
Gordon B. Hinckley addressed this topic.
buzzard
10/22/14 3:08pm
There is a pretty big difference in what people consider "comfortable"
workindev
10/22/14 3:16pm
yep. in 2001 i think. do a search for the word "second mortgage" or "third
johnnycarson
10/22/14 3:17pm
Weird. I have had co-workers accuse me of living in...
Hawk in the 303
10/22/14 3:21pm
Different strokes for different folks. Live and let live.
CrackerJack
10/22/14 3:28pm
They taste horrible with sweet and sour sauce
SoCalCoug
10/22/14 4:09pm
Because they're stupid
ColoSpgs
10/22/14 4:19pm
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