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City bosses love their towns, says Hanson, 55, CEO of the nonprofit Greater Minnesota Housing Fund (GMHF). But new subdivisions are McMansion-studded culs-de-sac, "and their kids can't afford to live there anymore." He launched GMHF in 1996 to fight a housing shortage, applying New Urbanist principles to small towns. His portfolio is now up to 40 developments...
TABLOIDS 1 YOUNG LOVE 0 Time for a juicy new reality show: Who Gets the McMansion? NICK LACHEY and JESSICA SIMPSON, who climbed from pop music's B list to pop-culture ubiquity via the MTV show Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica, which documented their domestic bliss, have finally affirmed what the tabloids have been vigorously suggesting for some time: they're just not that into each other. "After three years of marriage and careful thought and consideration, we have decided to part ways," the couple said in a joint statement that followed months of denials and strained red-carpet appearances. Simpson...
...pollution-free wind farms proliferate from California to northern Germany, a trend driven by tax breaks and international concern about global warming, homeowners are worried about the effects on real estate values. "Resistance to wind turbines is inversely proportional to the distance between the individual turbine and the nearest McMansion," says Carol Overland, a Northfield, Minn., attorney who works on wind issues...
...umpteenth rehab he decides to save himself by marrying her, moving to Connecticut and becoming a regular suburban dad. But Bret brings his demons with him, both figuratively--he can't kick the sauce and he's haunted by his late alcoholic, rageoholic father--and literally: the Connecticut McMansion is assailed by supernatural bogeys, including a real-world incarnation of Patrick Bateman, the titular American Psycho. If the pace flags in places, there are the bones of a great book here: Stephen King--style horror imbued with Ellis' trademark narcotized despair...
...typical new home was 1,500 sq. ft. Today the McMansion has pushed the figure to 2,300. A small but growing group of architects and homeowners, however, is rejecting the notion that bigger homes mean better lives and for economic, environmental and aesthetic reasons is embracing mini houses, which are often under 1,000 sq. ft. Books like Alejandro Bahamón's Mini House, Michelle Kodis' Blueprint Small, Azby Brown's The Very Small Home and Ricorico's Mini House Style explore how small spaces can be put to ingenious uses. --By Lisa McLaughlin...