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Those housing shows are just shows, that's it.
They like to call spaces with formal name, because that sounds better than just saying "crap shack 1,2 and 3". What they want by doing that is making people think they need them, all of them.

And if you're talking about the "MAN CAVE", every man needs something like that sooner or later. Big HDTV and multimedia system in seperated room means "quality porn uninterupted". Even wives can see the benefit. Putting her clumsy husband into defined space, and she can forget about the big baby for a while.

It just don't have to be called entertainment room. :)

>> Putting her clumsy husband into defined space, and she can forget about the big baby for a while.

Rampant sexism abounds in modern society. And it is usually very one-sided.

http://articles.latimes.com/2009/sep/11/business/fi-malibu-wells11
You don't need to buy a house for entertaining - all ya gotta do is work for the bank. :)

I need space to host musicians I invite over to play and record.
I have three daughters two of which still live at home, through my wife we have a large Latin family and BBQ fiesta blow out week end bashes aren't uncommon.
I'm loud with my music, I wouldn't want to be my neighbor, in fact! I have to stop my self at the door, to go out and complain at neighbors or loud Hip Hop bass coming from the street, when I hear such offenses.

So not only is "entertainment" space important, but so is the furthest isolation from the nearest neighbor, in an Burbdale environment as possible.

People have different needs, I can't imagine for the life of me, why people would want to live in a Condo,(no matter how nice) or a gated community where the SOA fees are higher than the City taxes.

I've always wanted a room in my house with one of those huge 120 inch front projectors (the same type movie theaters use), but never got around to it. To have a professional home theater, you would usually need a separate room. The living/ family room would not do since the projector requires near total darkness for the images to be present. Other than that, I don't need any special rooms.

Parties always end up in the kitchen, or wherever the biggest concentration of food is.

I have a cousin who works for Government Sachs. And there's no question that house was purchased with party/entertainment of rich clients in mind.

Who buys a house to “entertain”?

Another way to say, buy as much house as possible.

Are you kidding me with this thread? Nobody here invites people over? I am going to assume the people posting in this thread don't have kids or any friends/family.

That whole post by Seaside made me really sad for the future of humanity. If the only use you could see for an extra room in the house is for watching porn "to get rid of the clumsy husband/baby". WTF is that about? Yuck! I am going to assume you still live in your parents basement.

FYI...Porn is best watched in the bedroom where it can be enjoyed by the man and the woman! DUH! You should try it some time...maybe you will get lucky.

Darn, I knew someone will get serious. :)

Let me explain. What I wrote above is what I heard from a radio. It was about watching superball game, and those are what the female host was saying. She didn't mention porn, she mentioned movie, beer and baby thing. I was like hmm... wth is this? I thought that's funny though, writing what I heard with twist of word was silly. Sorry about it and thanks for assuming and information, I assume you assume little too much.

To begin with, the kind of entertainment mdovell was talking about wasn't too clear. Talking about friends invite over and BBQ party, I don't see it happening often in these days. The way of entertainment is changing ever sice the invention of HDTV, Xbox and internet. I still see some people going over friends house with six pack to watch superball, but what I am seeing more and more is kids doing pot party. It's sad and rather annoying. So do people need a space for entertainment? Maybe, but not as much as before.

It's not about entertaining, it's about having the ability to entertain for many.

Yes, many people congregate in the kitchen, or around the tv, or out back, but people still want to at least OFFER the space. It's like needing an SUV because you need the space. If you took the time, you could probably fit everything into a mini, 99% of the time. Most people want it because others have it, and because it's a social norm.

It's more about having the room, than using it. I know many people who feel the need to have that room, even though it's hardly ever used.

It's like having a guest room that is used twice a year for friends or family. It would be cheaper to pay for a hotel for them, than paying for that extra room, but people don't want to tell people that! Even if it makes no sense to have that room.