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earthboundandgagged · 03-30-2005, 05:34 PM

Abandoned housing has become a real problem in my community.

My thoughts are that it relates to disintest in tending to/fixing up older areas combined with the availability of McMansion style housing on the (relative) cheap. Shoddy construction materials and methods, bad land...but hey, it's big! You can raise a family there! So what if it's essentially a supersized mobile home minus the mobility?

xoxoxoBruce · 03-31-2005, 04:28 AM

Welcome to the Cellar Earthbound.

You're spot on with the McMansion scenario.
Up the street, big houses on small lots, selling for $300k+. They need a good security system because you can break in with a pen knife....no exaggeration. The walls have studs 24" on center with drywall on the inside and vinyl siding outside. Oh, and insulation. That's it! You could kick a hole in the damn wall.
The commercial buildings are not that much better. Rent a "pad site", throw it up, make some money then walk away with bankruptcy.

Griff · 03-31-2005, 08:03 AM

A friend of mine bought a brand new McMansion down near Philly and spent the next couple years fixing it. I wonder how they're going to look falling in? I'm thinking they'll go down fast.

03-31-2005, 04:28 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Welcome to the Cellar Earthbound. You're spot on with the McMansion scenario. Up the street, big houses on small lots, selling for $300k+. They need a good security system because you can break in with a pen knife....no exaggeration. The walls have studs 24" on center with drywall on the inside and vinyl siding outside. Oh, and insulation. That's it! You could kick a hole in the damn wall. The commercial buildings are not that much better. Rent a "pad site", throw it up, make some money then walk away with bankruptcy. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-31-2005, 08:03 AM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	A friend of mine bought a brand new McMansion down near Philly and spent the next couple years fixing it. I wonder how they're going to look falling in? I'm thinking they'll go down fast. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-30-2005, 05:34 PM	#1
earthboundandgagged Angels burnt up on re-entry Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Cultural wasteland. Posts: 2	Abandoned housing has become a real problem in my community. My thoughts are that it relates to disintest in tending to/fixing up older areas combined with the availability of McMansion style housing on the (relative) cheap. Shoddy construction materials and methods, bad land...but hey, it's big! You can raise a family there! So what if it's essentially a supersized mobile home minus the mobility?

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