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What is a "traditional" style home?

Asked by rojo (24179points) September 7th, 2015

From looking in various media outlets lately it seems like this is the most common style house listed for sale.

I know what a Cape Cod, Country French, Colonial, Victorian, Tudor, Craftsman, Cottage, Mediterranean, Ranch, Salt Box, Spanish, Pueblo and Prairie style homes are but it seems like any thing that will not fit into one of these categories is called a “Traditional Style Home”. Is that what passes for the phenotypical definition of “traditional” only that it does not fit neatly into one of the other categories? Or is it a more along the lines of “similar to every other house in this and many other neighborhoods”?
What comes to mind when you think of a traditional styled home? How would you determine or define traditional styling?

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