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IIRC it was similar in ancient Rome with their multistory insula residental buildings - the higher floors were cheaper, with smaller rooms and worse in all aspe

IIRC it was similar in ancient Rome with their multistory insula residental buildings - the higher floors were cheaper, with smaller rooms and worse in all aspects.

swasheck 5y ago
good point. labor. heat. collapse. neglect. just a few of the things that contributed to the “worse”
- PeterisP 5y ago
  Also, fire safety - IIRC some Roman insulas were 9 stories high; but if there was a fire those on the upper floors would die.