Why did the Vanderbilt's move out of Biltmore?

The great railroad and 19th century industrial tycoon George Vanderbilt opened Biltmore Estate in 1895. It was and still is, the largest private home ever in the United States. If your unfamiliar with this please check out http://www.biltmore.com/. George designed it to emulate a working european estate complete with its own dairy, winery, and other businesses. So many people worked at Biltmore they had their own town complete with schools and churches.

What gets me is the Vanderbilt family only lived there for a few years and the last person to actually call it home was in the 1950's. Today it is a museum and tourist attraction with some of the finest examples of turn of the century furnishings and artwork. How did they do laundry in 1900 for a household of sometimes a hundred people? What did an indoor swimming pool look like back then? You'll see it there. Plus you will see bachelor & maiden quarters, trophy rooms, billiard rooms, smoking rooms, and libraries. A descendant of the Vanderbilts still owns Biltmore.

My question to you all is why would the family decide to quit living in such a place? Had it become too expensive to run? Maybe. It required a small army of staff. Maybe tastes changed and the family simply did not want to live in such a castle. My speculation is that while it was modern in its time, those times were changing. Modern homes had electricity and central heating systems while Biltmore still relied on candles and fireplaces for heat.

Whatever it is I'd like your all's thoughts and opinions about why the Vanderbilt family, still very wealthy, quit wanting to live in Biltmore?
 
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