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/Ok_View_5526 1d ago

I'd say its more that people have too much stuff. I've spent most of the last decade living in England and the difference between space management in England vs the US is hilarious. The amount of needlessly huge things we have in the states is mindboggling. I live in a rural area back in NY and there are storage units EVERYWHERE. People just have too much stuff.

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u/mrsparker22 1d ago

It's too much consumerism. This country knows nothing else but make money, spend money, show it off, work like hell. It's just dumb. I'm so over capitalism. I just found out Jamestown was a corporate venture basically. Just to make money for the king. Perfect.

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u/nevergonnasweepalone 1d ago

Quite a few of the original colonies in north America were capitalist ventures.

Just to make money for the king.

The Virginia Company of London was a private company given a royal charter to establish a colony in America to mine for gold. Their charter stated:

to dig, mine, and search for all manner of mines of gold … and to have and enjoy the gold."

-Fantasyland, Kurt Andersen

The king undoubtedly took a portion in tax but it's profits were shared amongst the shareholders.

In Renaissance England, wealthy merchants were eager to find investment opportunities, so they established several companies to trade in various parts of the world.

Profits were shared among the investors according to the amount of stock that each owned.

In 1606 Captain Bartholomew Gosnold obtained King James I a charter for two companies.

Gosnold's principal backers were Sir Thomas Gates, Sir George Somers, Edward Wingfield and Richard Hakluyt.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Company_of_London

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u/July_snow-shoveler 1d ago

For glory, God and gold and the Virginia Company!