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zyratoxx@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

To me, a european, those urban areas packed with the same house over and over again always seem so depressing and boring. Is there any variety or does it look like this for ~~kilometers~~ miles?

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kautau@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I agree, and these houses look way too small and overpriced for a comfortable family setting, but stating that that identical homes packed next to each other is purely an American thing is disingenuous. It’s a byproduct of capitalism, which supersedes national borders

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- ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  In Chicago there is one block just north of Wrigley Field that was a demo for a planned community decades ago. Each of the 10 or so connected houses on one side of the street are all different. The opposite side of the street is identical, but mirrored. That means the northernmost house on the west side of the street is identical to the southernmost house on the east side of the street. The effect is that it looks like a very unique and natural community in spite of being completely planned and regimented.
  
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  - kautau@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    That’s a better approach I think. It’s economically viable to make similar houses, but aesthetically and psychologically pleasing for houses to be different and unique, even if it’s just a variation per house on a street and not every street itself
    
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- ohlaph@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It seems like a huge waste of vertical space. If they condensed all of that into a small 8-10 story building, they could create green spaces all around it for everyone to enjoy.
  
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  - AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Lol, then there would be stairs. We’re fat over here. We don’t do stairs.
    
    /s in tone, but seriously we don’t do stairs.
    
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    ohlaph@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I know.
    
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ComradePorkRoll@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Not only is it boring, it’s made in the shittiest way possible. It’s the American way, after all. You want properly installed outlets? What are you, some sort of royalty or something? Properly sealed windows? Look at Mrs. Moneybags over here. The siding is falling off the house? What did you expect from a $350k home?

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sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It really just keeps on going. It’s hell

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soviettaters@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This isn’t what most houses are like in the US. Sure, there’s a lot like them, but places that don’t have a strong HOA (most places) become very diverse after a while. My home was built in the 60s and was initially very similar to the ones around it. Over time each house gets changed little by little and every house becomes unique.

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