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McMansions
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It's too large to be practical. It's
out of place among the things around it. It's made for a small cost
and sold for a big one. It looks a lot like every other one ever made.
And it's popping up everywhere.
It's not a retail chain, a mega mall, or a fast food restaurant. It's
a McMansion.
The term "McMansion" came into use in America in the 1980's, after these
ubiquitous oversized houses began popping up in neighborhoods across
the nation. What, exactly, is a McMansion? Also referred to, in the
same vein of sarcasm, as a tract mansion or a starter castle, McMansions
are a style of oversized house, built with mass-produced quality, usually
adorned with a cookie-cutter style of "traditional" features such as
gates, gables, and wrap-around porches. In spite of the variance of
the individual features, all McMansions have a tendency to look alike,
which helps spawn the derogatory attitude they tend to inspire. People
also dislike them because of the fact that they are built hastily and
haphazardly, with no real regard for the environment, the lay of the
land, individual tastes, or, most importantly, the historic value of
a particular neighborhood.
McMansions- the elegant estate in a to-go box- are popping up in neighborhoods
all over America. And in some areas, it's becoming a real problem.
With the size of American homes increasing in alarming rates over the
past few years, people have to realize that all of these big houses
must be going somewhere. Although in the early days there were often
separate communities for this type of housing- often on the edge of
a town, and featuring a gate, a playground, and a manufactured stream-
nowadays there is less space and a McMansion can very well be plopped
down in the middle of any neighborhood where land is available.
Some cities are fighting back. Suburbs around Detroit, MI and Dallas,
TX are fighting the tract mansion boom particularly hard. Citizens in
those cities, and in other cities whose historic neighborhoods are being
affected by the building of these ever-larger homes, are lobbying the
government to pass regulations preventing the tearing down of smaller,
older houses in order to build something so out of keeping with the
rest of the neighborhood.
In the meantime, as more of these ubiquitous mansions continue to appear,
neighborhoods are changing face, lots are becoming too crowded, and
old cities are losing their charm. The more McMansions that are built,
the more alike they become- after all, there's only so many ways to
arrange a porch and three gables. It might have been okay when it was
all within one gated community. But now, there's a problem: they're
spreading.
About The Author:
Peter Dobler is a veteran in the IT business. His passion for experimenting
with new internet marketing strategies leads him to explore new niche
markets.
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