A discussion board at DC Urban Moms and Dads starts with a simple order: “The last threads about McMansions have been very entertaining — as has been seeing people so worked up one way or the other. Let’s have a good laugh and post your favorite McMansion picture here!” And the results are fascinating. There are a variety of pictures here and the discussion ends up revolving around what exactly makes a McMansion. A number of the traits line up with the four I found in looking at how the term was used over a ten year period in the New York Times and Dallas Morning News.

Here is the photo that several discussants declared the winner among the postings: