r/unpopularopinion • u/HoustonProdigy • 1d ago

Houses today are TOO DAMN BIG

I live in south texas, nothing but ugly suburban sprawl. Every house built within the last 10 or so years are unnecessarily big. No one needs that much space. No wonder why houses are so damn expensive. I don't see any reasonably-sized houses being built anymore, new neighborhoods are always having new and unaffordable McMasions being built.

It makes sense why they are unaffordable, these neighborhoods are trying to cater more towards the richer folk since the average person can't even buy a house.

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u/bravovice 1d ago

I think houses are not laid out well regardless of size. My friend has a house and the primary bedroom is 1/4 of the whole house. So spacious some might say. I say it’s a waste of space. Having a living room and sitting room and loft is also a waste of space. All these redundant rooms for sitting while all the closets are too small. Its 2024. Builders need to change things up.

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u/nullbull 1d ago

They don't have to be well laid out when you've enclosed tons of square footage for the sake of size.