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> In areas where land is cheap, lowering the cost of homebuilding is paramount—as Georgians can attest. In Bryan County, for instance, new homes must include br
by thatfrenchguy 7y ago
> In areas where land is cheap, lowering the cost of homebuilding is paramount—as Georgians can attest. In Bryan County, for instance, new homes must include brick or “hardi-plank” siding, and facades must be limited to two materials. In Marietta, northwest of Atlanta, all walls must include brick, stone, stucco, or fiber-cement, while in Brookhaven, the walls must be brick-clad. These localities also ban cheaper materials, like vinyl siding. Such restrictive regulations drive up the cost of building and owning homes.
As a French person, what makes most of the US's subburbs ugly is the fact that home owners have too much choice in how they build they house, and towns end up being a mix match of stuff that's pretty ugly on average.
- logicprog 7y agoDo we want affordable, plentiful housing, or arbitrary beauty, though?
- jdkee 7y agoThose two are not mutually exclusive. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside,_Illinois https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside,_Illinois https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Forest,_Illinois https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Forest,_Illinois https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Park,_Illinois https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Park,_Illinois
- baddox 7y agoThe median home value in Riverside is $400,000. The US median home value is $250,000.
- akiselev 7y agoUnless Riverside, IL sprang into existence within the last few years, I don't think their contemporary real estate prices are relevant here. It's just as (if not more) likely that their home values are a result of the unified architecture. You would have to look at land, material, and labor costs at the time the majority of the homes were built.
- tejtm 7y agore: Housing in Georgia Never been near the area but wouldn't those restrictions just be a termite thing? https://archives.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/ref/atlhoctip.pdf https://archives.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/ref/atlhoctip.pdf