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This is so out of touch with most of the world's population. In post-soviet world having a tiny 1 bedroom apartment on 10th floor with yard overrun with parked
by kachurovskiy 7y ago
This is so out of touch with most of the world's population. In post-soviet world having a tiny 1 bedroom apartment on 10th floor with yard overrun with parked cars is the best middle class can hope for. Even in the western Europe having an American-sized garage is almost outside of reach of the row house owner. A large lot with a 4br house and a double garage is such a far away dream for most families.
- knolax 7y agoI've lived in both tiny apartments and suburban homes and I can tell you the former is much more desirable. This can be evidenced by the ridiculous housing prices in American cities. Suburban __homes__ are nice but they are surrounded by nothing but other suburban homes. In many cases it's not even possible to leave without a car because the only thing connecting the suburbs to the rest of the world are motorways. After a while living in these conditions take a toll, especially for the stay at home mothers the article describes.
- closeparen 7y agoWhich might explain why Americans, with all this uniformity and expansive private space, were uniquely eager to make up stories about what must be going on behind their neighbors' facades.