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"McMansion Hell" Website Highlights the Worst Houses in Texas

By Rain Noe - July 2, 2018

in Architecture

It's been nearly two years since we checked in on McMansion Hell, the website that scornfully highlights choice examples of suburban architecture. Author/founder Kate Wagner is still at it, tearing through America state by state, with the current target being big-ass houses in Texas. "I've been poisoning my brain the last couple of weeks narrowing down 2000 prospective McMansions to 16," she writes. "Instead of ranking them myself like I usually do, I will be doing a bracket at the end of the next post where you can vote for the Most Terrible in Texas!"

Here are the first eight "entrants:"

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Round Two is reportedly on the way. In the meantime you can read more details about Round One's monstrosities here.

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Ryan Hume

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https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/mcmansion-hell-blog-faces-lawsuit-from-zillow

anyone remember when Zillow sent McMansion Hell a C&D :P
when you try to sue a meme.....

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Billy Mack

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Rain, peep the about page. The blog is created/run by Kate Wagner. http://mcmansionhell.com/abouthttp://mcmansionhell.com/about

She has done a Ted Talk as well.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68c2M4r9oQg

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  Ah, just saw Rob beat me to it.
  
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Jay White Cloud

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We all...

(or at least all I talk to and ask their views of these massive subdivisions)

...seem to hate these ubiquitous and grotesque "Architectural Amoeba" (or Mold Spore...take your pick) now taking over suburbia across the country...Yet we still have Architects (??) and supposedly intelligent builders (??) producing them in mass...AND!!!...the public moves right in...Until the generation below me does something about this during their lifetime (like raising them all and restoring the farm and forest lands most are built on) we are doom to suffering there existence for at least 30 or 40 years...LOL...since they aren't built well enough to last much longer than that without lots and lots of help patching, and glueing back together...

Thanks Rain for this post and thanks Kate for being on top of this issue!!!

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Rob G

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The author of McMansion Hell is not so anonymous. She is the wonderful and snarky Kate Wagner. Here is her Ted Talk on McMansions which is sure to be both informative and comedic.

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Donald Jones

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Form follows function...........so.........Hexagonal French Fries?

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steve hassler

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It's funny 'cause it's true.

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