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I have commented on this below but this is a disingenuous comparison that you know that I'm not making. Obviously there are advantages and disadvantages of liv
by esotericn 8y ago
I have commented on this below but this is a disingenuous comparison that you know that I'm not making.
Obviously there are advantages and disadvantages of living in different _places_.
Replacing homes with apartments is not related to that.
If you could live in the exact same place, but with a house instead of in an apartment, it would be a fairly radical position to take to refuse that.
- closeparen 8y agoYes, it is. The nature of the place is determined by its density, which is determined by its mix of housing types. There is no such thing as a lively downtown bock of single family detached houses. It might be nice to have a house anachronistically in the middle of a dense area, or right on the edge of one, but it’s not geometrically possible for many people to do that.
- esotericn 8y agoLoads of London is the latter half of your comment. Most streets I've lived on have a mix of family homes, new build apartment blocks, weird split-up family homes that now house multiple individuals, etc. Apparently (at least compared to the US) we're quite unique in mixing rich and poor in this way though.
- rorykoehler 8y agoI've lived in London. The city suffers from long transit times due to poor (low density) planning. It was bad enough to make me leave. If I wanted to do anything or go anywhere not in my neighbourhood (stockwell/Brixton) or the centre it took an hour at least.