Reply #97: Sounds like you live in a "mansion"...

[Bridget Burke]

Or maybe just a really big house on 5 acres. (Sounds like a great places for parties.)

Many McMansions built in Houston replace smaller, older homes that fit their lots. The new houses leave about 2 inches between each outside wall & the property line So pretty, treelined streets become dark corridors.

McMansions are also built "Outside the Loop." Some have large lots, but many more are jammed together in small subdivisions, surrounded by bald prairie.