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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Submitted â¨â¨9⊠â¨months⊠ago⊠by â¨Plw@lemmy.today⊠to â¨memes@sopuli.xyzâŠ
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zyratoxx@lemm.ee â¨9⊠â¨months⊠ago
kautau@lemmy.world â¨9⊠â¨months⊠ago
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world â¨9⊠â¨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.
ohlaph@lemmy.world â¨9⊠â¨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.
ComradePorkRoll@lemmy.world â¨9⊠â¨months⊠ago
Not only is it boring, itâs made in the shittiest way possible. Itâs 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?
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml â¨9⊠â¨months⊠ago
It really just keeps on going. Itâs hell
soviettaters@lemm.ee â¨9⊠â¨months⊠ago
This isnât what most houses are like in the US. Sure, thereâs a lot like them, but places that donât 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.
netburnr@lemmy.world â¨9⊠â¨months⊠ago
Why would you want 2 baths for a single bedroom houseâŚ
ryathal@sh.itjust.works â¨9⊠â¨months⊠ago
You can have a separate half bath for guests.
neocamel@lemmy.studio â¨9⊠â¨months⊠ago
What is amazing is that people would rather live like this, and have four feet of grass between them and their neighbors, than in a place twice as big with a shared wallâŚ
petrescatraian@libranet.de â¨9⊠â¨months⊠ago
To each their own. I do hear all sorts of sounds coming from my neighbors in my apartment. From moaning to phone alarm vibrating, sounds of various objects hitting each other, even arguing sometimes.
Not to mention some people open their doors and windows when cooking, allegedly for the draft to get in and get the smell out of the kitchen (don't know why they do this, just open your damn window and that's it). And when the air goes the opposite way, the hallway of the building is a mix of various smells of whatever they cook.
Oh, by the way, did I mention I need to take the elevator to reliably reach my apartment?
taanegl@lemmy.world â¨9⊠â¨months⊠ago
âListen, youâre gonna live as the markets dictate. The labour markets, the consumer markets⌠are you listening?â
*me, lighting the Molotov coctail*
Ah-huh. Continue.
hglman@lemmy.ml â¨9⊠â¨months⊠ago
You donât have to be a wizard to cast fireball
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world â¨9⊠â¨months⊠ago
I wouldnât be surprised to find a fair amount of computer wizards skulking around Lemmy
DharkStare@lemmy.world â¨9⊠â¨months⊠ago
The houses are so close together and have so little yard I donât see why they didnât just turn them into townhouses.
Grass@sh.itjust.works â¨9⊠â¨months⊠ago
Why 2 bath? What idiot came up with this?
Brcht@lemmy.world â¨9⊠â¨months⊠ago
They took the enshitment too literally
snowsuit2654@lemmy.blahaj.zone â¨9⊠â¨months⊠ago
Two people who share bedroom can use bathrooms at the same time
hakunawazo@lemmy.world â¨9⊠â¨months⊠ago
That garage door is way to small and they forgot to build the appropriate house.
grue@lemmy.world â¨9⊠â¨months⊠ago
It just highlights how absurdly much space cars take up compared to people. Residents could have 25% more room to live if they didnât have to dedicate the space to car parking. (That parking is likely required by law as a minimum parking requirement in the zoning code, by the way, so itâs entirely possible the person who ends up living there might not even actually want it.)
UmeU@lemmy.world â¨9⊠â¨months⊠ago
We need some 1500sqft 2br/2ba homes near major metro areas for under 400k. In todayâs economy that would be achievable for most people.
The only options near major cities are 2500+sqft homes or 650sqft condos going for $700k+.
I donât think I have ever seen a 2br/2ba detached home⌠itâs either shoebox condos or 4+ bedrooms going for the same ridiculous 700k+ price tag.
protist@mander.xyz â¨9⊠â¨months⊠ago
Pro: Can walk to Whataburger and Goldâs Gym
Con: Literally directly underneath high voltage wires
itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml â¨9⊠â¨months⊠ago
No gutters
redcalcium@lemmy.institute â¨9⊠â¨months⊠ago
â Lawn
â Driveway that fits two cars
â Two baths
â Not sharing walls with neighbor