The American House

The central point of the essay "The McMansion Next Door: Why the American House Needs a Makeover" is that the average American house is increasing in size each year, and is unnecessarily large for the family size, as well as the lot size. The writer uses a lot of evidence to support her claim. She uses the fact that average family sizes are becoming smaller, and along with it they are buying bigger and bigger houses as if necessary following the trend at the moment that the more garage space they have, the larger the bedrooms, or the taller the house is the better off that family is. It's all a matter of identity and how people want to be percieved as wealthy with bigger houses.
I agree with her claim because the new housing communities that are being built are a complete joke. Every house in the community looks the same by size and shape, and even color. The houses are so large, there's barely any room for a backyard, and if the backyard is so small what's the point in living in a house? The houses are also so close together there's no room for privacy. I think the new houses and communities just show conformity and how Americans strive to apparently be the same as everyone.