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To be honest, I'm not sure what the appeal of mid height buildings are. They have all of the downsides of an apartment with none of the upsides of a high rise l
by SilverRed 5y ago
To be honest, I'm not sure what the appeal of mid height buildings are. They have all of the downsides of an apartment with none of the upsides of a high rise like better quality construction and better location.
To find out what the quality of a building is you are best off just asking people who live there what they think. Apparently you can also request that strata give you information like owner complaints which may bring up noise disputes.
- HarryHirsch 5y agoThe point of mid-height buildings is that you can line a road with it and get sufficient density so that all the urban amenities (parks, playgrounds &c) are within 15 minutes of walking. That was Salazar's explicit goal when he built the post-war Lisbon neighbourhoods - church and primary school were the focal points and had to be within walking distance. His architects did an admirable job. But what's the appeal of a high-rise? It requires too much space around it, it's not made for the human scale.
- SilverRed 5y agoDepends what the definition of high rise is I guess. I live in a 30 level building that I consider pretty high and it sits on the entire space of the block it is on with only walk ways between it and the next building. I'm more talking about these 4 level apartment buildings which seem pointless to me.