Apparently my family has never been stylish when it comes to houses in which we live.  From Arizona to Arkansas, Kentucky to Texas, we have lived in our fair share of ranch homes.  Ranch homes have been dubbed the “poor stepchild of American architecture” but I can tell you… wait until you get old and your knees and hips start hurting! You’ll be thanking your lucky stars for the absence of long flights of stairs to climb!

Apartment Therapy also talks about the virtues of ranch-style homes,

…ranch house represented an historical anomoly, a revolutionary departure from America’s long love affair with nostalgic “domestic status symbols” like formal entryways, dormers, gables, pitched roofs and porticos (features so popular in today’s new construction). The ranch, with its single-storied, low slung profile, its open-plan interior, attached garage and large windows conveyed a unique diffidence, informality and lack of pretention.

I’ll keep my ranch house, thank you.