I'm a very big fan of the 'official' McMansion Hell McMansion definition, at least as it applies to the United States. Otherwise, a lot of houses (including maybe some on display here) are just 'ugly houses'. That's pretty much just every American suburban development since at least the 80s. If a house looks like three others in the same neighborhood, not really a fair game. In suburban Chicago, it's like ducks in a barrel.
On the other hand, the house behind ours certainly seems to qualify as meeting the strictest interpretation of McMansion. Huge. Ugly. Cheap in appearance. Two Garages. Big Entryway. Columns. Nubs. So many nubs. Windows upon windows. Dull back. I could submit it to her (Kate Wagner - also writing about cycling recently, gonna link that elsewhere) and it would fit right in with the Roofline Soup pictures.
On the other hand, the house behind ours certainly seems to qualify as meeting the strictest interpretation of McMansion. Huge. Ugly. Cheap in appearance. Two Garages. Big Entryway. Columns. Nubs. So many nubs. Windows upon windows. Dull back. I could submit it to her (Kate Wagner - also writing about cycling recently, gonna link that elsewhere) and it would fit right in with the Roofline Soup pictures.
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