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Re:Developers don't build cheaper housing because we make it... by protomyth on Sunday April 03, 2016 @10:31PM (#11419028)
In Most of Canada and a lot of northern states, if you have no insulation then you soon won't have indoor plumbing, but you'll have a nice ice skating rink in your house.
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Re:Developers don't build cheaper housing because we make it... by troels on Monday April 04, 2016 @04:09AM (#11420173)
In all fairness - People have been building houses in similar climates for 5000 years, and while they didn't have indoor plumbing, they surely built their houses to some standard of insulation.
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Re:Developers don't build cheaper housing because we make it... by protomyth on Monday April 04, 2016 @10:38AM (#11422182)
I was reaffirming the reasoning behind rtpg and Pxtl's prioritizing insulation over indoor plumbing and further explaining why it is a necessary pre-condition to indoor plumbing.
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