"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
That isn't what people can afford in many cases. I've seen better looking barns than some of the McMansions going up.
They may attempt to have the front of the house look nice, but the rest of it looks like part of the David Koresh Waco compound.
"A home costs a lot of money. It should be of high quality so it appreciates well if you ever need to sell it. There's no excuse for shoddy or sub-par construction in the home-building business."
If even a modest $15,000 car was built as poorly as many $500,000 and up houses are, the company would be out of business in no time. Actually, I can't think of any cars built in the last 30 years quite as shoddy as many of these houses, with the exception of maybe Yugo and Lada.