Eh. Maybe...? Isn't the real point of "getting rich" and "making a lot of money" really so you can have the house you have always dreamed of? The space you have always wanted to make your own, but could never afford to, or be allowed to, because knocking down that wall to open up the kitchen would piss off the landlord? So people work. They make money. They spend that money on building/rebuilding a home that really speaks to them. They don't have the skills to make their dream a reality, so they hire an architect. Which one? The one that has done other work they like. It's a continuum. And it keeps cabinet makers and concrete contractors and electricians and landscapers working. And they make a living wage. And spend their money at the local deli to get lunch while they are working on this house for 3 weeks. It's a continuum. And I'm not sure I'm so ready to fault someone for building their dream home, if they have the means to do it. Making poor design choices? Sure. Happy to pillory them for that. But to fault them for building a home? She even speaks often of her wish to own a home, and be able to build it out the way she wants. It's a universal desire to nest. And I'm not willing to fault people striving to meet that elemental human need. But there's a Liberal forgiveness of bourgeois excess on McMansionHell, that spending a lot and destroying the planet is forgiveable so long as you do it in Good Taste and preferably employ a licensed architect to design it.