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Investing in property is standard for the ultra-wealthy. Yet the size of the property has people concerned about resource use.<\/p>\n
In the United States, 40% of energy<\/a> use comes from homes and buildings, according to the Department of Energy.<\/p>\n Mega-mansions usually have a carbon footprint higher than the average home. Maintaining, heating, and cooling thousands of square feet requires massive amounts of energy, increasing utility costs and carbon pollution.<\/p>\n The water required to landscape these large homes can also strain local resources. Drought-prone Southern California would suffer from overuse of water.<\/p>\n Many homeowners are learning that more space doesn’t always lead to more happiness.<\/p>\n The popularity of accessory dwelling units \u2014 or ADUs \u2014 and tiny homes favors efficiency. Downsizing or choosing modest square footage offers enticing benefits.<\/p>\n Smaller homes can reduce energy bills, cut maintenance stress, and lower environmental impact.<\/p>\n The r\/KUWTK subreddit questioned the need for Kardashian’s massive footprint.<\/p>\n “At what point is someone happy?” one user asked<\/a>.<\/p>\n Another guessed<\/a> what the expansion could be: “Is she building a town so she never has to leave?”<\/p>\n “I don’t know how they feel safe in such humongous homes \u2026 a bigger house is just more spaces that need securing and more ways security could fail,” another Redditor wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n Get TCD’s free newsletters<\/a> for easy tips to save more, waste less, and make smarter choices \u2014 and earn up to $5,000 toward clean upgrades in TCD’s exclusive Rewards Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keeping up with celebrity real estate moves can often leave average homeowners confused. Kim Kardashian’s recent purchase is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88,180456,7475],"class_list":{"0":"post-367395","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-investing-in-property","11":"tag-kim-kardashian"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}