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WSJ: McMansions aren’t what they used to be

July 3, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably

Tags:
community, demographics, housesize, markettransformation, mcmansions, smartgrowth, sprawl

  In an article published in The Wall Street Journal on June 29, June Fletcher reports a new survey showing that large houses have fallen out of favor with the American homebuying market: "A new study out Monday by the American...continued

Size matters: suburban county limits size of mega-mansions in older neighborhoods

December 16, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
communitycharacter, housesize, mcmansions, montgomerycounty, neighborhood, preservation, teardowns

  The Montgomery (MD) County Council has voted 8-1 to scale back the size of new homes that are replacing teardowns in older neighborhoods.  This addresses what has become a growing (pun initially unintended) problem in many communities.  From the...continued

Golf-oriented suburban developments are suffering a decline

August 22, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably

Tags:
development, gasprices, golf, mcmansions, sprawl, suburbs

 The 1990s are starting to feel like a long time ago.  Remember when golf courses surrounded by McMansions were sprouting up on the outskirts of many American suburbs?Today, with large-lot suburbia largely overbuilt, gas prices dragging down home values in...continued

Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield
Director, Smart Growth Program
Washington, DC
Co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author, Once There...
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