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Re:Zillow forces McMansion Hell to delete posts by prklmn on Monday June 26, 2017 @08:10PM (#14641509)
> an affordable way to get more space for their family

Did you see the asking prices before the content was taken down? I don't remember any of the houses being affordable in any regard

> vortex of debt

It takes a special person to sympathize with someone living so far beyond their means that they take a $1 million (my average price estimate from the website) mortgage that they can't actually afford

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Re:Zillow forces McMansion Hell to delete posts by mschaef on Monday June 26, 2017 @10:14PM (#14642088)
> It takes a special person to sympathize with someone living so far beyond their means that they take a $1 million (my average price estimate from the website) mortgage that they can't actually afford

They'll suffer enough without help. The world is difficult enough without pushing people down because it's funny or a way to 'improve the quality of architecture' or whatever.

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