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> “It’s a 24-hour community within the confines of a building—you can choose to stay in the entire weekend and be happy and engaged,” Excuse my language, but w

> “It’s a 24-hour community within the confines of a building—you can choose to stay in the entire weekend and be happy and engaged,” Excuse my language, but who the fuck wants that?

ghaff 10y ago
I know someone who lived in one of those places. They moved out because they found it too isolating from the surrounding environment. I suppose the high rise thing is unavoidable to a certain degree in some cities but in the Boston metro area there are so many other options that seem more attractive to me--especially for anything approaching that kind of money.
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amalcon 10y ago
Retirees, for one. Many retirement communities are structured in a way to allow that. It's appealing to that segment because walking (or using public transit) takes forever as you age, but driving kind of loses its appeal as one gets older. I'm not sure what the appeal is supposed to be for young people, but then, I know zero young people who could afford one of these units.
- ambicapter 10y ago
  So on the one hand they talk about a growing, thriving, city, and on the other, they're talking about retirees shutting themselves up in their apartments? I would think a retiree would prefer the calm and silence of being nowhere near a city.
  - ghaff 10y ago
    Depends. Some certainly prefer to retire far from the crowds if they can. Others prefer not to be dependent on cars and to be near good culture, hospitals, and doctors. I wouldn't read too much into that everything available without leaving the building quote in any case.
jamesroseman 10y ago
> Later, as he sat on his balcony eating the dog, Dr Robert Laing reflected on the unusual events that had taken place within this huge apartment building during the previous three months. Call it proximity bias to having just seen High Rise, but this sounds pretty Ballardian to me.
bcoates 10y ago
Exactly. It's 2016 already, I expect to be happy and engaged sitting on my couch. Elevators are so 20th century.
eli_gottlieb 10y ago
Bostonians. It's got a pretty workaholic city culture and people are somewhat cold and private compared to many other regions. The cold, windy, rainy, changeable weather definitely discourages going outside and interacting much of the year.
qq66 10y ago
Someone who's got a 9 degree blizzard outside their window.

> “It’s a 24-hour community within the confines of a building—you can choose to stay in the entire weekend and be happy and engaged,” Excuse my language, but who the fuck wants that?

ghaff 10y ago

I know someone who lived in one of those places. They moved out because they found it too isolating from the surrounding environment. I suppose the high rise thing is unavoidable to a certain degree in some cities but in the Boston metro area there are so many other options that seem more attractive to me--especially for anything approaching that kind of money.

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amalcon 10y ago

Retirees, for one. Many retirement communities are structured in a way to allow that. It's appealing to that segment because walking (or using public transit) takes forever as you age, but driving kind of loses its appeal as one gets older. I'm not sure what the appeal is supposed to be for young people, but then, I know zero young people who could afford one of these units.

ambicapter 10y ago
So on the one hand they talk about a growing, thriving, city, and on the other, they're talking about retirees shutting themselves up in their apartments? I would think a retiree would prefer the calm and silence of being nowhere near a city.
- ghaff 10y ago
  Depends. Some certainly prefer to retire far from the crowds if they can. Others prefer not to be dependent on cars and to be near good culture, hospitals, and doctors. I wouldn't read too much into that everything available without leaving the building quote in any case.

jamesroseman 10y ago

> Later, as he sat on his balcony eating the dog, Dr Robert Laing reflected on the unusual events that had taken place within this huge apartment building during the previous three months. Call it proximity bias to having just seen High Rise, but this sounds pretty Ballardian to me.

bcoates 10y ago

Exactly. It's 2016 already, I expect to be happy and engaged sitting on my couch. Elevators are so 20th century.

eli_gottlieb 10y ago

Bostonians. It's got a pretty workaholic city culture and people are somewhat cold and private compared to many other regions. The cold, windy, rainy, changeable weather definitely discourages going outside and interacting much of the year.

qq66 10y ago

Someone who's got a 9 degree blizzard outside their window.