Excellent point.I was thinking about a back road (wish I had a picture) in East Tennessee, one of the most beautifully naturally landscaped curving road I have ever seen. Some dufus built a Mcmansion castle, complete with the stone fence out front (in an awful clash with the split rail fences along the road). Terribly tacky assault upon God's creation and the neighborhood.
Oh. I have another one for you. There's a nice suburb here in Cleveland (Westlake). Some guy (my friend finally gave me the scoop that he's a middle eastern MD and has two kitchens in the place and it's big enough to accommodate all the distant relatives when they come in to get all the free medical tests they'll get done at the Cleveland clinic - this is another thread though....)built this HUGE mansion complete with giant portico and a huge fountain out front - like one you'd see at a Las Vegas hotel. It looks like a funeral home. I even jokingly thought of pulling up and asking if it was XYZ funeral home? ha ha. Anyway, beyond hideous and on a main road too.
You can't legislate good taste.