McMansion Hell 2016 Retrospective!

Hello Friends! I know I’m pretty late with this, but I forgot Sunday was New Years Day and like most people ages 21-1000 I was having a really good time the night before. Mix that with travel, and you’ve got a cocktail of not fun time ahead. 

This post is about all of the neat happenings in 2016 in McMansion Hell land. As you may or may not know, McMansion Hell only began in late July, but that doesn’t mean McMansions from 2016 don’t suck any less. 

Top 10 Ugliest McMansions Built in 2016

10. North Carolina

You can still build big and cheap in 2016, no worries. 

9. New Jersey (1)

New Jersey is so special, it’s on here twice. 

Swiss-cheese facades were huge in 2016. 

8. Washington State

Ah yes, the pseudo-Craftsman with “modern touches” (read: swiss cheese windows)

7. Arkansas 

At least there’s no nub, right? 

6. California

Don’t do drugs kids, unless you live in one of the states that just legalized pot, in which case do drugs but don’t become boring about it. Nobody cares about your sweet new bong, dude - you haven’t paid the rent in 3 months. 

5. Michigan

Those columns look like chicken legs. 

4. Colorado

Have you ever seen so many nubs??? It’s a 2016 miracle, everybody. 

3. Texas

I hate these cheap crappy McModerns with all my soul - they are a crime against architecture. Read a book before building a modern house, jerkwads.

2. Maryland

Let’s get real, this list wouldn’t be complete without Montgomery County, Maryland. 

1. New Jersey (2)

The more you look at this house the deeper the rabbit hole goes. It’s like a fractal McMansion, self-imitating in all the worst ways. 

I want to say thanks to everyone who submitted logo proposals! A winner has been selected and notified. I got over 300 proposals and sorting through them was pretty difficult. The new logo will be revealed next week. 

Top 10 Fan-Submitted Dank McMansions

Y’all have sent me some dank material. Here’s a list of the dankest: 

10. via antichrista

9. via fransco

8. via amyhoy 

7. via scott_prototype 

6. via mbp817 (this appears to be a real estate photo. If you know where this house is or who took the photo, please email me at mcmansionhell@gmail.com so I can appropriately credit them.) Edit,: it has been found. Thank you!

5. via jessisoutside

4. via @maxtropolitan 

3. via mrgan

2. via pigottash

1. via @whittlesticks

To close out this retrospective, here are some screenshots of Tweets from some mega-fans and proof that the next generation is WOKE AF.

Dank gingerbread estate by @firewalkswithshe and @mechanickolas.

@skylerraytaylor is a great parent - McMansion Hell: Cardboard Playhouse Edition

Gretchen is my fav fan - the guy with the orange hair is Donald Trump lmao

Well that does it for the 2016 retrospective! This year, I’ll be doing a McMansion from every state (in alphabetical order) and kick off the field guide to the dated, as well as a series of articles about the social side of architecture, so stay tuned!

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Copyright Disclaimer: All photographs in this post are from real estate aggregate Zillow.com and are used in this post for the purposes of education, satire, and parody, consistent with 17 USC §107.