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Re:Making sense of what’s going on in the housing market by pbronez on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @11:43AM (#26891142)
I saw some analysis a while back that said 2-3 story garden apartments are the most economically and environmentally sound level of density to shoot for. Would be neat to see those available as condos. You could double or triple density without pricing people out or creating urban environmental problems.
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Re:Making sense of what’s going on in the housing market by MuffinFlavored on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @01:03PM (#26892322)
> I saw some analysis a while back that said 2-3 story garden apartments

A big part of the "American dream" of homeownership (for me at least) is to not have any connected walls to anybody else (no condo, no apartment, no townhouse). I am going to guess a lot of people feel similar to me. 2-3 story garden apartments might be efficient, but I am willing to bet a lot of families selfishly want a single family home.

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Re:Making sense of what’s going on in the housing market by woah on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @01:37PM (#26892858)
Then they will need to get used to driving 3 hours a day
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