TL;DR wealthy, privileged white couple in Canada build dream home in the woods thanks to extensive societal advantages which they enjoy.
Film at nine.
Film at nine.
Where you see bitterness and jealousy, I just see indifference and light irony.
Maybe you're the one projecting?
Either way, I don't have a horse in this fight. You may as well be right in your assessment.
The fact of the matter though is this - the original blog post is completely uninteresting. If you have wealth and money - you can pretty much build anything anywhere. There's nothing in that house that is a technological marvel/achievement or anything in its construction method that warrants unique news coverage on HN or elsewhere.
They literally mentioned nothing about societal issues, except the implicit racism in their assumption that whiteness somehow inherently detracts from people's accomplishments.
I guess you missed the phrase "extensive societal advantages" in OP's comment.
I'd re-read this thread carefully and then take a moment to consider: is this really a hill worth dying of embarrassment on? You can always just walk away.
IMO, modern home should leave as less impact on nature as possible - be it materials used to build it or energy demands to run that house.
This is a pretty reductive viewpoint, since literally any article or project could be seen in the same light.
* Of course you released a popular jazz album, you had parents who loved jazz and had an instrument at home.
* Of course you work in journalism, you lived in a city that took great pride in its news institutions.
* Of course you like programming, you had access to a computer and free time in your childhood.
* Of course you run a book review site, you had access to functional library systems growing up.
* Of course you are interested in politics, you were able to volunteer at local election campaigns.
Like, if someone is building an expensive home, you would obviously expect that their life experience has been such that they are able to build an expensive home. Likewise, if someone does anything, then obviously their life experience has been such that they are able to do that thing.
This is a cool writeup of a cool project, and reducing it to the fact that these people have been fortunate can come off as pretty smug.