Why is it the Brown family got a manufactured home, no pool and seemingly a lot less monetary value than every other family I have seen on this show? It is because they are from Texas and the producers think that's the only kind of home people have in Texas?
They got screwed.
Are you kidding me?
That home is GORGEOUS!
Thank God the family is more grateful than you are.
-Missea
"Ohhhh, I can't not look at it . . . ."
Did you read my comment at all? They got much less monetary value than other participants on this show. MUCH less. How is that fair? Your "grateful" argument is specious since I was not a participant on the show and thus have nothing to be grateful for.
shareI've no idea which home you're referring to, but here are a few reasons why it might be the case:
1. Given that each home is given by a local company or consortium, maybe that was the best that was offered. maybe the US-wide or local recession had started to hit home.
2. I don't know what planning laws are like in the US (obviously far less detailed than here in the UK given the materials that re commonly used to build them just for starters), but maybe that was the best that was permitted in that area.
3. Given the tendency at some point to build the most ridiculously over-the-top homes for some recipients (eg: grass in a kid's bedroom, Jacuzzis in a bedroom -with carpet surrounding it), maybe they decided to tone it down.
4. maybe building costs are higher in Texas - less bang for your buck, as they say.
Ultimately the homes built were donated by local companies. I think it's a little unfair to criticize the companies involved for not being able to offer as much as other companies used on the show. I'm not sure the recipients would be comparing their home with others built previously, at least I hope not. In my view that would mean they were not as deserving as originally thought.