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Really? You don't care for the New England victorians?
I'm just curious. To me, that defines class.
I think the Victorian look is ok, but a little dated.
I live in a tutor style home by the way, so I do love the East Coast style.
The main reasons I like the Spanish look is that it can be casually elegant and seems to evoke more of a feeling of warmth. Warm materials are used like tan stones and cremes to make the house more inviting, rather than very formal material like marble. The homes can be curved and don't follow rigid lines. Staircases, fireplaces, walls, etc... are often curved rather than straight and the landscaping is often done to blend in with the natural environment.
In the end, it is all a matter of personal taste and preference though. Californians are used to Spanish style and the East Coast is used to its style so each is going to have different tastes.
I think both the spanish style and the east coast tudor/colonial style are both nice when they are NOT part of some tract home development. It's those cookie cutter developments of either style that what make both not attractive IMO. There is a big difference in the spanish style homes of Hancock Park in LA than those in brand new subdivisions full of identical looking stucco boxes.
Basically it comes down to older, more custom looking homes vs new, cookie cutter homes. I would take an older home with character of either style over a brand new one of either style.
In the end, it is all a matter of personal taste and preference though. Californians are used to Spanish style and the East Coast is used to its style so each is going to have different tastes.
I agree. Keeps this country interesting. I was just curious what you CA folks thought of the older homes we have out this way.
I'll add I've always liked the modern homes designed in the style of Joseph Eichler you tend to see in CA.
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Los Angeles has a ton of rich people, therefore there are a ton of prestigious neighborhoods/suburbs. Off the top of my head...
Malibu
Palos Verdes
Beverly Hills
Holmby Hills
Hancock Park
Manhattan Beach
Pretty much anywhere in south OC
Pretty much anwhere in far western San Fernando Valley
La Canada
San Marino
What I love on the East Coast are brownstones-TO DIE FOR.
I've always loved brownstones. What I DON'T like about many homes in the North, East, and even NW is the aluminum siding on homes (something you will rarely see in the SW). I just think it looks tacky, and nowhere near as good as those "tacky" Spanish-style track homes that some people dislike.
NYC, Chicago, LA, Miami, DC, Bay area all of these have very, very prestigous neighborhoods.
No one has really said Chicago so I'll throw a few in. Arlington Heights ( I believe this is where Jordan's house is?), Evanston, Skokie.
the above areas are not affluent at all. kenilworth is the 4th most affluent town in the country. winnetka, glencoe, lake forest and some parts of highland park are also extremely affluent. in the city: gold coast, some parts of lincoln park and the millennium park/michigan ave. are the nicest parts. chicago has more affluent towns than any other city.
Also, Chicago is not getting any recognition at all. it is extremely prestigious. in kenilworth, a decent house is worth $2.5 million. to get a house on the lake that is very nice, you have to spend around $4-10 million. downtown chicago also has very nice places. New York is definitely more expensive in the city, but in the suburbs, Chicago has the most affluent areas in the country (and that includes california, and the New York/Conn area).
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