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Apartments have been the last frontier of expensive mass-produced products. Hopefully this is the end, and not just a temporary blip.
by incompatible 10y ago
Apartments have been the last frontier of expensive mass-produced products. Hopefully this is the end, and not just a temporary blip.
- twelvechairs 10y agoIts the land not the apartment which is expensive. Land, especially in cities, is finite. This makes it different to other mass produced products
- abecedarius 10y agoThe supply of apartments on the same land can vary by orders of magnitude according to how intensively the land is used.
- rahrahrah 10y agoSo build up. Here in London people don't build up, for some reason (I mean other than office spaces, obviously). I think it's this nefarious british mentality that old is good. So you never demolish any 2 story buildings, you just build more outwards. Then you complain that the prices are insane.
- james1071 10y agoThe main problem is the greenbelt.
- rahrahrah 10y agoSee, there we go again. Why is the problem the greenbelt? Between central London and the greenbelt there's a mind-blowing extension of small houses in every direction. There is A LOT that could be built before getting to the greenbelt. The greenbelt is only a problem if you want to continue building small houses.
- vidoc 10y agoReminds me of this excellent documentary I saw on those millionaires who dig down instead of building up in London :P https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLJ0zZQb9x0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLJ0zZQb9x0
- oftenwrong 10y agoIn San Francisco there is a lot of progress that can be made without building up. For example, building more Accessory Dwelling Units [1] and subdividing oversized streets [2]. [1] http://sf-planning.org/ACCESSORY-DWELLING-UNITS http://sf-planning.org/ACCESSORY-DWELLING-UNITS [2] http://narrowstreetssf.com/mcallister/ http://narrowstreetssf.com/mcallister/