The Myth of the McMansion

Susan Kelley
4 min readJan 18, 2022

It Has Broken a Generation of Homebuyers

A typical suburban “McMansion” Photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash

Ahhh…the McMansion. The pseudo-opulent home of the 80’s, 90’s, and early 200’s, before the housing bubble burst in 2008. The symbol of rising middle class stability and growing wealth, and total lack of knowledge about architecture, style, design, and well…finance.

So many couples, looking to house their families in safe suburbs with stately homes and…

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Susan Kelley

Susan is a runner, a mom of 3 grown children, and an avid traveler. She writes about humans, and wrote a book about false accusations of sexual assault.