Having lived in both SF / NYC and Amsterdam, the Dutch flats have a much higher standard for everything, lighting / heat / appliances. Good luck finding a place in NYC that's not a renovation nightmare hiding under a thin coat of paint

NYC is a poor comparison since it too is a quite walkable city. A better comparison might be Cleveland or Chicago, which are much more Americanly unwalkable commuter cities

Chicago is consistently ranked one of the most walkable cities in the country; New York is more walkable, but Chicago isn't "unwalkable".

Point taken, let’s just mock Cleveland then :D

I've never been in Cleveland at less than 70MPH, so, sure. But if someone who knows Cleveland really well shoots this down, I'm going to be on their side. :)

I, for one, would very much so like to live in a row house, but they're nigh illegal to construct in my city.