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It isn't just the middle class. The wealthy don't want anyone (relatively) worse off living next to them either. One of the points I think a home (or apartmen
by mjevans 9y ago
It isn't just the middle class. The wealthy don't want anyone (relatively) worse off living next to them either.
One of the points I think a home (or apartment, etc) should make is keeping unwanted noises on one side of it's walls. Outside noises out, inside noises in.
It very much annoys me how easy it is for the un-thoughtful to make the lives of those around them hell.
- jaggederest 9y agoOne of the things I (probably incorrectly, but) happily spent money on over the last couple years was putting soundproof windows. I think having better sound isolation in apartments would make them substantially more liveable, and it's not comparatively expensive versus many other upgrades you can make to multi-family housing.
- barry-cotter 9y agoNo, it isn’t just the middle class. The rich don’t make other people’s preferred choices illegal though because they can afford to live somewhere they don’t have to deal with them. The middle class make those choices illegal, the rich buy their way out of dealing with them.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> The rich don’t make other people’s preferred choices illegal though because they can afford to live somewhere they don’t have to deal with them. While they can afford to do that, they can also often afford to buy the laws in the place they prefer to live for reasons other than the pre-existing laws, and they often do so instead of relocating.