Stupid but true

[james_davis_nicoll]

I like to look at online real estate listings to see how people use interior spaces. I've come to the conclusions that:

A: Few people use more than 2000 square feet effectively. Above that, they seem to run out of ideas about how to use each room*.
B: Lots of houses have gratuitous features whose purpose seems to be to make them unusable to mobility impaired people.
C: (this is the stupid one) Townhouses are fine but I hate the idea of a duplex. For some reason, having to cooperate with 50 people bothers me more than having to get along with one specific person or family.

* More libraries is always the right answer.

There was a place for sale just up the road from me whose entire basement was given over to sturdy-looking bookcases.

Comments

[petrea_mitchell]

Have you discovered McMansion Hell yet?

[james_davis_nicoll]

I have!

[kgbooklog]

I thought a defining characteristic of McMansion was that it was built on a single-family suburban lot. If you have more than an acre, it's just a very tacky mansion.

[petrea_mitchell]

McMansion Hell has a primer on the line between mansion and McMansion.

[kgbooklog]

Huh, that is nothing like how I am used to hearing the term used. In my experience, it always referred to when a single family suburban home is replaced by something with 2-5 times the square footage, pushing the limits of what is legally allowed on the lot. If it doesn't literally overshadow its neighbors, it's because they are also McMansions.