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Re:Modular Homes for Under $50k by baybal2 on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @02:58AM (#27685731)
> This is yet another tech 'solution' in search of a problem. And that problem is political, not technical.

And the problem they search for has been solved half a century ago — the modern highrise apartment building.

Re:Modular Homes for Under $50k by rdtwo on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @02:37PM (#27692021)
I mean tech has been great at disrupting political problems by simply overwhelming then with money. See Uber and Airb&b
Re:Modular Homes for Under $50k by f6v on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @03:10AM (#27685805)
But that would mean you wouldn’t be able to use cars and a public transportation system would have to be built.
Re:Modular Homes for Under $50k by viraptor on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @08:08AM (#27687500)
That's good. But if you did want cars - that's totally doable. You build the garages in lower floors / underground and the apartments higher up. There's lots of buildings like that in central Melbourne for example.
Re:Modular Homes for Under $50k by iso1631 on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @01:43PM (#27691399)
You could decide to have 5 floors of garages from the ground floor up, and have 5 floors of roads to drive on (especially easy if you make it electric only for most vehicles - maybe confine heavy diesel vehicles to the ground floor with appropiate ventilation)

Then on the 6th floor have a pedestrian/cycle floor that's sheltered from the elements, and the 7th floor have open parks, with 30 stories of housing and offices above.

Re:Modular Homes for Under $50k by baybal2 on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @03:39AM (#27685991)
It looks to be such a small, and insignificant detail :)
Re:Modular Homes for Under $50k by developer93 on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @07:18AM (#27687202)
Oh no, that sounds terrible?
Re:Modular Homes for Under $50k by f6v on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @08:06AM (#27687484)
I wouldn't want to be the one to rob Americans of their trucks.