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I can't say I prefer or even like trailer parks, but the single family home (with a yard/surrounding property that keeps your neighbors at a good distance, what
by Jach 10y ago
I can't say I prefer or even like trailer parks, but the single family home (with a yard/surrounding property that keeps your neighbors at a good distance, what's the point when you can reach out your window and touch your neighbor's window?) is way better to me than some apartment complex. And I can see the trailer park as a way for poorer people (or people looking to save a bundle) to capture some of that too, while also not strictly tying themselves down in their mind at least like a house would. Vertical living is a good solution for densely packed population, and I think that will continue being where the most stuff happens, but I don't want to live in such a way long term.
"Instead of spreading out over dozens of acres, you could have a couple of complexes with nice communal gardens/parks/playgrounds and have people live vertically densely enough to encourage shops." This sentence fills me with an irrational, existential dread. Likely influenced by my upbringing living in a developing neighborhood on the foothills of a smaller Wasatch Front city in Utah, but spreading out, having actual nature (not constructed nature parks) to enjoy, and not seeing an abundance of humans everywhere you go simply feels better, while high rises (like I see in Bellevue/Seattle) and the associated mini-parks/artisanal shops/population density are unsightly and less comfortable.