That is something to keep in mind when you look at a big house. There is a huge amount of upkeep and cleaning involved. My area used to be where rich people built summer houses on the lake (the Dodge family, Edsel Ford, and so on). Anyway, the rich people stayed, but their houses didn't. The gigungous mansions are mostly gone replaced by more modern mansions (smaller, less cool for the most part). Though, when I say small I mean that only a few of my house could fit in there. They still have tennis courts though. :roll:
But yeah, most of those houses are gone because the upkeep on a mansion like that is astronomical.
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