Most McMansionized Neighborhood? (Pasadena, Redondo Beach, Arcadia: for sale, 2015, homes)

[IM90046]

Looks like something is finally going to be done about these big boxed homes being built
What are your opinions on them? Should property owners have the right to build whatever home they like?
Which neighborhood is most McMansionized?

I feel like the title would go to Manhattan Beach, seems like every other home there is bulging off the lot. Beverly Hills a close second.

L.A. neighborhoods closer to getting temporary mansionization limits - LA Times

[tjasse]

tbh it's probably actually some place like northridge or arcadia

[Voyageuse]

Arcadia. I lived in Redondo Beach <10 years ago, and the McMansionization was pretty bad. Personally, I dislike it, and I'm not alone as many cities are putting restrictions on over-building. No, I don't that homeowners should be able to build whatever they want. They should have some creative freedom, but not so much that it disrupts the neighborhood, otherwise you end up with something like this little gem in Pasadena:

[bpeeps]

Originally Posted by Voyageuse

Arcadia. I lived in Redondo Beach <10 years ago, and the McMansionization was pretty bad. Personally, I dislike it, and I'm not alone as many cities are putting restrictions on over-building. No, I don't that homeowners should be able to build whatever they want. They should have some creative freedom, but not so much that it disrupts the neighborhood, otherwise you end up with something like this little gem in Pasadena:

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It's unique at least...

[IM90046]

Originally Posted by Voyageuse

Arcadia. I lived in Redondo Beach <10 years ago, and the McMansionization was pretty bad. Personally, I dislike it, and I'm not alone as many cities are putting restrictions on over-building. No, I don't that homeowners should be able to build whatever they want. They should have some creative freedom, but not so much that it disrupts the neighborhood, otherwise you end up with something like this little gem in Pasadena:

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Ouch. I don't even know if that counts as a McMansion, it's too ugly.

[BRinSM]

Encino is pretty bad as well and the architecture of the mcmansions tends to be quite awful:

https://www.google.com/maps/@34.1636...fP42iJ3S8Q!2e0

[disgruntled la native]

beverly grove

[T. Damon]

Originally Posted by BRinSM

Encino is pretty bad as well and the architecture of the mcmansions tends to be quite awful:

https://www.google.com/maps/@34.1636...fP42iJ3S8Q!2e0

Yikes! That checks off just about all the boxes of Godawful pastiche architecture McMansionism. This image singularly describes a McMansion in the context of the surrounding community; a dictionary would need nothing else.

Edit: Joy! It actually is for sale right now and the pictures are spectacular in continuing the theme from the outside into every corner of the house!

It reminds me of neighborhoods near NYC where some East European Jews love to slap up crap like this, but they also typically remove all landscaping and convert the front of the lot into a large parking lot to showcase their luxury cars looked over by Grecian statues.

[MItoBH]

Originally Posted by Voyageuse

Arcadia. I lived in Redondo Beach <10 years ago, and the McMansionization was pretty bad. Personally, I dislike it, and I'm not alone as many cities are putting restrictions on over-building. No, I don't that homeowners should be able to build whatever they want. They should have some creative freedom, but not so much that it disrupts the neighborhood, otherwise you end up with something like this little gem in Pasadena:

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That looks like 50 shades of grey sex slave mansion.

[BRinSM]

Originally Posted by T. Damon

Yikes! That checks off just about all the boxes of Godawful pastiche architecture McMansionism. This image singularly describes a McMansion in the context of the surrounding community; a dictionary would need nothing else.

Edit: Joy! It actually is for sale right now and the pictures are spectacular in continuing the theme from the outside into every corner of the house!

It reminds me of neighborhoods near NYC where some East European Jews love to slap up crap like this, but they also typically remove all landscaping and convert the front of the lot into a large parking lot to showcase their luxury cars looked over by Grecian statues.

there are a fair number of eastern european jews in the encino/tarzana area, but the pejorative term i've heard for these types of homes is 'persian palaces'.