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McMansions don’t appeal badly to everyone: millions of Americans happily live in them. The more accurate observation isn’t that they’re the product of a Keynes
by woodruffw 3y ago
McMansions don’t appeal badly to everyone: millions of Americans happily live in them.
The more accurate observation isn’t that they’re the product of a Keynesian contest, but they’re the product of distorted real estate and home ownership incentives: homeowners conflate size and apparent luxury with investment safety, and our housing and development policies encourage that conflation.
- HarryHirsch 3y agomillions of Americans happily live in them With a more individualized layout a good chunk would live happier - the standard examples are the dramatic rooflines that just encourage leaks at the edges and the two-story foyer that wastes so much space. But as you say, it's not about comfort or practicality, it's about resale value.