When Cleveland, OH, was roaring many decades ago, the rich built million-to-multi-million dollar mansions on the shores of Lake Erie. When they died, many put in their wills that the house be razed—they wanted no one to live in their homes.
I sort of understand that thinking but do not share it. When we left our family home in a Chi suburb, we sold it. It was bizarre thinking of someone else living in it, but it was also comforting to be able to drive past when we were in town and see it standing proudly where we'd left it.
THEN, fast forward to recent mega-millionaire years, a neighbor paid a cool mil for our old house and tore it down because he wanted a larger yard.
THAT was sad. It was a landmark house, solidly built, stylish….etc etc…..could have been moved to a different neighborhood and housed many more families in comfort and style.\\