# I bought a house! Today! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-house-today/213507 "2003-11-16T03:56:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-house-today/213507/11 "2003-11-16T16:55:35Z")
“McMansion?” I love that - we are currently living in a McHouse (it hardly qualifies as a mansion), and that is exactly what we _didn’t_ want in our own house. Our house is nowhere near as old as yours, **St.G.** , but it’s 30 years old and has tons more character than this one - with no exaggeration, the house we’re renting now is the same model as 30 other houses on this circle. Driving through our new neighbourhood, there are very few houses the same type as ours - they range from California-style ranch houses to gingerbread two-stories to bungalows. There’s even one dark purple house - a definite no-no for our current home-owner’s association (aka the Gestapo). --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-house-today/213507)._