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As an American who recently moved back from Oslo, the biggest difference I notice is that family-friendly condos with greenspace are much harder to find in Amer
by surfmike 10y ago
As an American who recently moved back from Oslo, the biggest difference I notice is that family-friendly condos with greenspace are much harder to find in America, at least on the SF Peninsula.
It's the norm in Oslo to live in an apartment or rowhouse, but usually with very generous green courtyard space that let kids roam around and play. In the SF peninsula, most apartment buildings either take up the whole lot or fill most of their undeveloped space with parking lots.
- lucaspiller 10y agoIt's the same here in Vilnius. The city has quite a small population, but is quite large for its size. Around virtually all apartment buildings (outside the city center) there is a lot of green space - at least it's one thing the Soviets got right!
- superuser2 10y ago>very generous green courtyard space that let kids roam around and play I don't know why this isn't more common. Designs that maximize surface area for windows lend themselves to courtyards naturally. I particularly love the buildings with apartments on 3 sides and a fence/gate facing the street - you get both a nice community area, and an extra security layer (buzzers at both the front gate and the particular stairwell).