Bad Manors: The McMansion as Harbinger
&gt;  What was once a mix of modest, low-slung ranch-style houses<p>And when those ranch-style houses were new, architecture snobs were decrying them as as soulless cookie-cutter crap.<p>Here&#x27;s a novel idea: if you don&#x27;t want to live in a &quot;McMansion&quot;, don&#x27;t buy one.