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Re:Zillow forces McMansion Hell to delete posts by scribu on Monday June 26, 2017 @04:50PM (#14640244)
I propose an experiement to test the elitism hypothesis: Ask a random selection of people to rate various types of houses. If McMansions are rated poorly only by "elites", then the hypothesis is true. If they're rated poorly by everyone, it's false.
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Re:Zillow forces McMansion Hell to delete posts by laretluval on Monday June 26, 2017 @04:56PM (#14640294)
The hypothesis has already been tested: these houses sell very briskly.

Edit: the points below are all fair.

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Re:Zillow forces McMansion Hell to delete posts by spamizbad on Monday June 26, 2017 @05:00PM (#14640319)
Depends on the market. They're not so hot in the Chicago suburbs, where buyers have the option of newer construction "modern" homes in addition to pre-WWII vintage homes: https://chicago.curbed.com/2016/9/13/12902744/chicago-mcmans...

There are some metro areas where your only choices are basically McMansions or obsolete post-war housing. Given those limited options, it's no surprise why people prefer them.

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Re:Zillow forces McMansion Hell to delete posts by ethbro on Monday June 26, 2017 @05:10PM (#14640399)
Or proves that people prefer a lower price point over style.

Or that, since 3/4 of US homes are spec rather than custom, developers prefer to built cheaper, larger homes when given the option.

(McMansions are generally cheaply constructed for their price / square footage)

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Re:Zillow forces McMansion Hell to delete posts by theptip on Monday June 26, 2017 @05:05PM (#14640362)
Data please. Briskly relative to other houses in the same size / price range?
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