ColoradoHusk Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 1 hour ago, B.B. Hemingway said: When we bought our new house a couple years ago this was one of the things that I didn't like about it. I wouldn't say it blocks 'most' of the house from the front, but enough that it bothered me at first. My favorite part was the huge shop (I run a lawn/landscape company), and it sits on 12 acres. It's an odd deal, but I like it---It was suppose to be a 'country subdivision' originally, but the contractor went bankrupt, so when we bought the house, we also bought the rest of the vacant lots. So we have our own little private road leading back to the house. Our own neighborhood! The only thing that worries me is that we're the only taxpayer out there so I'm not sure how excited the county will get about resealing our road. Do you call your place the Hemingway Compound? I know I would. Quote Link to comment
Landlord Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 I'm actually acquainted with Kate Wagner she was at a Christmas party I was at in Seattle last year She's an unabashedly uber-liberal leaning lady, which I'm sure comes as no surprise, so part of the idea is that these homes are excessive, cheap and wasteful. Part of the idea is millenial angst and jealousy because none of us can afford to buy anything But a big part of her blog is just for humor. Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 It's ironic that she's calling the McMansions pretentious, but she is being a pretentious architecture snob. 2 Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 I'm gonna sell my home and build one of these. http://www.omaha.com/living/she-s-building-what-s-believed-to-be-nebraska-s/article_99ea4664-addf-11e7-8f2f-9fe40bdc33d7.html Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 9 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said: I'm gonna sell my home and build one of these. http://www.omaha.com/living/she-s-building-what-s-believed-to-be-nebraska-s/article_99ea4664-addf-11e7-8f2f-9fe40bdc33d7.html I bet that thing smells like garbage 1 Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 The fact that @Landlord knows this person explains SO much Quote Link to comment
B.B. Hemingway Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share Posted October 10, 2017 1 hour ago, ColoradoHusk said: Do you call your place the Hemingway Compound? I know I would. I do now! 56 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said: It's ironic that she's calling the McMansions pretentious, but she is being a pretentious architecture snob. Yeah, that's kind of what I hinted at in the OP. She's more pretentious than anyone could ever be by simply owning a home. 1 Quote Link to comment
B.B. Hemingway Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share Posted October 10, 2017 1 hour ago, teachercd said: When I was looking for my first house I had a price range in mind and when I would look it always seemed like the house that was just out of my range was the one that I liked more. In the end I got a smoking deal on a short sale home and I really like my place. You said you hated it earlier Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 1 minute ago, B.B. Hemingway said: You said you hated it earlier I am allowed to change my mind!!! Ha Quote Link to comment
Fru Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 In the video she never commented on an individual's integrity or character for buying a McMansion. As insufferable as she came off, she was making valid points about architectural integrity of the structures. Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 18 minutes ago, Fru said: In the video she never commented on an individual's integrity or character for buying a McMansion. As insufferable as she came off, she was making valid points about architectural integrity of the structures. The narrator commented on "pretentious suburban housing developments", so it may have not been the words of the Kate Wagner, it's the implied note of the video. I agree that there are architectural issues with these homes, but she is also coming off as a pretentious architecture snob. Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 She's the female Ted Mosby 1 Quote Link to comment
B.B. Hemingway Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share Posted October 10, 2017 39 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said: The narrator commented on "pretentious suburban housing developments", so it may have not been the words of the Kate Wagner, it's the implied note of the video. I agree that there are architectural issues with these homes, but she is also coming off as a pretentious architecture snob. Just curious as to what is a common architectural issue with these homes. Seems like a blanket statement, when surely the quality of the contractor would play a large role. I know there's a lot of purposeless aesthetic things, but other than that? Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 44 minutes ago, GSG said: She's the female Ted Mosby Or the female Michael Brady. That should cover the only 2 architects ever shown on TV. Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 14 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said: Or the female Michael Brady. That should cover the only 2 architects ever shown on TV. Oh my god! What a reference! Quote Link to comment
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