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Pre-fab is a thing in the USA because our building codes and permitting process are ridiculously complex, and also actually building a building is also complex
by anoncoward111 8y ago
Pre-fab is a thing in the USA because our building codes and permitting process are ridiculously complex, and also actually building a building is also complex with lots of labor and risk and so on.
I absolutely love pre-fab everything-- long live pre-fab that is customized afterwards.
- nottorp 8y agoIs it also synonymous with low quality (down to 'shitty') housing?
- anoncoward111 8y agoPartially but not for any physical reasons, just "social status" reasons. Like, the quality of the construction is really good and these days is very modern and stylish. Maybe in 1985, pre-fab houses were crappy mobile homes that fell apart easily. But these days, no, pre-fab is much nicer than a normal home constructed in the 1960s (most homes in NYC metro are very old). However, if you are at the country club, and you mention that your house is a pre-fab... well... the vieux-riche people will have a very negative opinion of you.