Well, I have no solid proof that it exists or doesn't, but I know for a fact I'm not living in it.

Also, I'm pretty sure the combined costs of upkeep and property taxes would preclude most of us from living in such a place even if someone sent us the deed to it gift-wrapped.

should probably dress in the basement.

about cleaning the place and those windows, I hate washing windows.

a house like that approaches needing a staff!

and I guess if you can afford the house you can afford someone to take care of it.

I always look at those things because I know I'm the one doing the work.

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It was in the outskirts of Mexico City which was on the way to Toluca which is mountainous and has large ravines and canyons. Down one of those canyon streets named Alcazar de Toledo we lived in a house that had one wall along the living areas (Living room, Dining room, etc. which were all one very large rectangular room) which was nothing but very large panes of glass. Very much like the house in your photograph, only the area with glass was larger. The house was built at a lower level than the very steep winding street so you entered the house onto a stairway that took you downstairs to the living area and then again downstairs into the bedroom area. There were rarely people who could look over the wall on the street level and see the house and other houses were very separated so our view was to be able to see up at the lush ravines and mountainsides. There was a creek which ran right next to the house.

It is one of the happiest memories of my childhood. We, the 3 children, were allowed to roam free in the canyons. My mother knew we would find our way back home when we got hungry, which we always did.

And for our friends and relatives our house was definitely the place to be on weekends, so every weekend we had a house full of guests who would just drop in. No invitation needed.

Really. If you wouldn't have told me it was a house, I would have thought it was either a corporate headquarters, a new building on a high-end university or a legal group's offices.

Also, it's an expression of wealth and having arrived, as expensive as it is to construct.

Further, it requires maintenance, a further conspicuous consumption kind of thing.

Finally, to their credit, lots of natural light and, in some places, environmentally friendly and healthy for the occupants.

But mostly, it's "style".

I wish I had more glass, though not quite that much.