com users will now have the ability to browse thousands of the Cape and Islands' famous rentals, ranging from Victorian-style summer cottages and Nineteenth Century “Gingerbread homes” to stunning beachfront
McMansions.
Few want to live in a no man's land 40 minutes by bus from the city centre, an unloved, invisible of executive
Mcmansions, roundabouts and superstores, sagging lintels and dripping gutters.
Get this: Americans are getting sick of
McMansions.
And understandably so--it personifies the old-fashioned charm of the Gulf coast before the
McMansions took over.
Hiaasen's love for the Florida being lost to development, overcrowding and
McMansions is impossible to miss.
Maybe the return of
McMansions shouldn't be such a surprise.
From the appearance of giant malls, theme parks and
McMansions to its incorporation of past politics with present changes, THE CONCRETE DRAGON offers thought-provoking surveys of changing communities across China, pairing study with the author's observations and the experiences of Chinese architects and developers.
a San Joaquin Valley city crushed by single-family home foreclosures, college students are opting to rent depreciating
McMansions rather than small dormitory rooms.
Fueled by subsidies and easy credit, with mortgages guaranteed by taxpayers, we built
McMansions and vacation condos on the assumption that prices would never fall.
With
McMansions come McGarages: when four cars is too few [NYT]
It did not lead to strong growth in investment, employment, or wages, but it did lead to higher income inequality and more
McMansions.
The Center for American Progress calls it a Katrina for the rest of the nation, washing away jobs, nest eggs,
McMansions, and, if we're fortunate, perhaps our delusions of even reduced grandeur.
