Wikipedia.org defines a “McMansion” as a pejorative neologism, coined by NY environmentalist Jay Westerveld to describe a particular type of housing that is constructed in an assembly line fashion reminiscent of food production at McDonald’s fast food restaurants. A McMansion often denotes a home with a larger footprint than a median home, an indistinct architectural style similar to others nearby, and are often located in a newer, larger subdivision or replace existing, smaller structure in older neighborhoods. A McMansion is generally considered a house between 3000 ft (280 m) to 5000 ft (460 m) in size in homogeneous communities that are often produced by a developer. Although they are generally large homes, they are mass produced and are not of the caliber of a mansion. Their cost places them in the purchasing range of the upper middle class segment of the population.
I don’t know about you but I’m not so much about McMansions. I’d prefer a small and well-built home with charm and class to some huge monstrosity built in a day with toothpicks and stucco. I don’t want my house to look like my neighbors. Do you really want your neighbors to know what your bathroom looks like unless they’ve been invited into your home?
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