Reply #6: House porn, that's exactly what it is!

[OnionPatch]

Funny, I was just talking with my sister this morning and we were laughing but disgusted at so many of these shows where a couple is "starting out" and are on a "budget" and can only afford a $400,000-$500,000 home. Or else they're remodeling their kitchen on a "small budget" of only $25,000-$30,000. (Poor things!! :eyes:) Of course all the walls must be torn out and every appliance must be replaced and moved to a different spot. If the counter top isn't granite, oh my God, it MUST be replaced! (Neither of us can understand the attraction to granite. It's really kind of blah looking. Like a restroom in a nightclub.) We both noticed all these new subdivisions in our areas with the average square footage of the homes being around 3000! Her husband is a senior executive with a corner office in a really great company but even they can't afford a home like that....who ARE these gazillions of people who can afford this kind of stuff? What the heck do they do for a living? There can't be THAT many doctors and lawyers in town. These shows are aimed at causing people to think they need to keep up with the Joneses and have all these things. It's really pretty sick.

Then again, we both love shows like Flip That House and Design on a Dime, etc. Wish they had a whole lot more of those.