"The rise of the supersized house is akin to the rise of the SUV. There are plenty of people who profess to loathe them, yet still they keep selling, at many tiers of the market. In fact, gargantuan homes are simply the full expression of a trend dating back 50 years. Like our waistlines and our lattes, our houses are growing ever fatter." Read | prev: 1, 2
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From the article: these "houses are not just consumer products – they are also receptacles for all other consumer products. They are growing in part to accommodate an increasing need for storage." Which makes homeowners into ersatz pharaohs, mummified corpses entombed behind their objects – which they're stuck trying to maintain. As if prepared for the afterlife. Heaven: a vast Home Depot. America: land of the dead.
watch these floating populations of the walking dead
rummage retail bins for excess spirits to put beside their bed,
erring on the side of object-worship
devoted to more stuff to fulfill god's courtship,
little do-good shoppers with a penchant for compartmentalization
become the guardians of proto-corporate sub-cubicleization,
seeking the apotheo-neurosis of our sprawl nation
and the destiny of semiotically-abused burial space ornamentation,
live to build the post-suburban menagerie sublime
til they die decorate sepulchers on store bought time.
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