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• ido 11y ago
  Yes, as a college student it is possible all your friends (or a lot of them) will live in that one huge building. But as time passes people move around (even within the same city) for jobs, family, and lots of other reasons & suddenly all your friends don't all live in the same huge building.
  • krasin 11y ago
    In this case, these friends are not farther than in usual case of a low-density suburban. You will have to drive, but not longer than if you lived in a single family house, as the building + park in the proposal above takes about the same space as 1000 single-family houses. So, it makes the friends more accessible, if they are in the same neighborhood, and not less accessible otherwise. Also, living in the same building actually helps to find new friends, especially if there's enough shared space indoors/outdoors, such as cafes, gyms, hacker spaces, etc.
    • ido 11y ago
      Yeah, I wasn't comparing it to suburban living but just to normal residential areas in most European cities that comprise of lots of 4-6 story buildings (and some higher) with public parks around them, but rarely a huge pi*1km^2 lawn.
      • krasin 11y ago
        European cities are ok too, as long as buildings don't have a fenced territory.