I read somewhere on the Internet that mega-mansions are a drug on the market now. Certainly there are plenty of them on YouTube, most of which are probably for sale. Stark white walls and swimming pools (maybe plus a reflecting pool) seem to be de rigueur, at least for the modern ones. If the comments by the public are right, most of them are intended for superrich to have parties in. Certainly none of them look like they are intended for a family.

Mega-mansion joke:

Mother to kid: Go to your room!
Nine minutes later: Slam!

I think they pull the prices out of a hat.

For an old mansion, the Vanderbilt place seems to be in good shape. Too bad about Covid, which is damping travel and hotel stays. Keb says it has 89 acres of land, and why couldn't some of that be sold off for tasteful development? Except that who knows how long the unvaccinated will keep Covid going?

Remember that poem about "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone"? For the recent equivalent, go on YouTube and search for "abandoned mansion."