The amount of people who can’t realize this is satire from the (Let’s hop into a 5 min call) alone is insane. Like bruh I’m literally autistic and have trouble with telling when things are a joke and even I realized.
My mortgage company emails and texts me at least 3 times a day asking me to refinancey mortgage or sell me house. I moved in last year lol. I’m not leaving
We’re not exactly packed like sardines where I live but building up, unless health issues are a concern, is always the first thing considered, exactly to save clear ground area for other uses, regardless if building on 100m2 or 10 hectares.
Ranches were popular in the 80s and 90s when US boomers were buying “forever homes”.
For everywhere and everyone else, the foundation and roof are the most expensive part of the building so it makes the most sense to double or triple your square footage between those by building 2 or 3 stories.
That is not a lie and I am very much aware of that reality, as a member of my household is in serious risk to lose mobility due to health issues. Yet, vertical space is always a good thing to have.
Where are you looking? This very well is likely regional. I grew up in the Midwest and every house in my neighborhood had at least two floors, usually more like 3 (ground floor, finished basement, 2nd story).
Communities built for older people often only have one floor due to mobility issues and parts of the country (most of the south) do not have basements. If you’re relying on film/television then it’s likely they’re not filming in the parts where basements are common.
I gotta say that is one depressing looking house. It looks like a garage with a house attached to it rather than the other way round. And it’s just so grey and featureless.
All the new houses going up around me look like that. Except for the ones that take up almost the entire lot so they can cram a 4,000sq ft house on a quarter acre.
Everything today is starting to suck because they're all min/maxing. Cars are all egg shaped SUVs or boxy trucks. Movies are all reboots, sequels, prequels, or live-action remakes. TV shows are epic fantasies or raunchy animated comedies or dark supernatural dramas. Because that's what all the metrics say will provide the best ROI.
I wish this Gilded Age were half as original as the last one.
Thank you for also noticing the shitty shape of cars. I guess there’s a demand there, but I hate it too. I constantly bring this up, so I’m happy someone else agrees lol
I figure it’s a combination of three things; the level of aerodynamic engineering the industry has achieved, lowest common denominator design to appeal to the largest possible group, and a demand for storage space.
I completely agree with you, and I also noticed cars gradually losing personality around the turn of the century, but the most egg shaped car of all happens to be the one I love the most: the VW bug. I had one ~20 years ago, yellow even, and I still miss it.
This actually looks kind of quaint to me. Now the house would be on top of the garage and there would be six of them and the trees would be gone. I’d feel like a prince of the world if I had a 3% mortgage on this.
it's got that mcmansion roofline without the size. it's just a sucky house in a shitty suburban hell. I bet the owner can't even legally use all the land they bought to make a vegetable garden
Do not underestimate how nice your house can be inside when you have adequate storage space for things you dont want on display. Does need some landscaping though.
