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Re:Solving the housing crisis requires fighting monopolies i... by concordDance on Sunday June 05, 2022 @08:05AM (#31630228)
Wouldn't they also be oppressively small and bad for mental health (which is already pretty bad compared to fifty years ago)?
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Re:Solving the housing crisis requires fighting monopolies i... by zamfi on Sunday June 05, 2022 @09:55AM (#31631037)
No, it would be a taller building.

American new construction has doubled in size (in terms of sqft/unit) over the past 50 years. If “oppressively small” were the problem, things should have gotten better, not worse?

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