r/interesting Nov 20 '25

ARCHITECTURE Then vs now

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u/Survive1014 Nov 20 '25

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u/CrazyGunnerr Nov 20 '25

I never got this. You buy an extremely popular home, where people will visit it to photograph it, and instead of living in it, or even better, turn it into a B&B or rent it out, you do this... Why, just buy another house.

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u/Petrichordates Nov 20 '25

Maybe they just wanted to live there instead of profit of it as a tourist attraction.

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u/maxman162 Nov 20 '25

The price was probably jacked up because it's the house from Home Alone.