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> uildings sometimes seem as if they’ve been left behind by technological progress. [...] “Take out anything with a screen in your living room”, the critique g

> uildings sometimes seem as if they’ve been left behind by technological progress. [...] “Take out anything with a screen in your living room”, the critique goes, “there’s no way to tell if your house was built in the 2010s or the 1970s.” Interestingly this IMO applies mostly to decently wealthy and very poor families. Either you live in a house that was well built enough to withstand a century or more or abuse, you have enough resources to properly maintain it, and you can enjoy its charm and character. Or you're dirt poor, can't afford/get access to a modern house, and live in either a remote or derelict house that has been left in the state it was in for decades, and you have no choice. There must be people in-between, but I'd assume it's the exception, as in most respect it will be more comfortable to live in a modern house that comes from the get got with good insulation, maintainable weather proofing, electric wiring, modern kitchen, elderly access, more useable floor plans etc.

mhh__ 5y ago
In the UK at least there is a pretty strong divide between expensive houses and merely ok houses. Everything just looks and smells of money, in a way that is particularly apparent over here because of the way our property ladder is. I don't mean gold plated toilet seats (I've never met anyone truly wealthy versus rich), but just because I have a chip on my shoulder I like googling bits of furniture or appliances I see, and find it immutably bizarre to see a set of taps that cost more than my computer, especially because they're nearly always made to look "rustic". At the moment in particular you have to be pretty secure and living in a sparse area to be able to get basically anything done to a house, i.e. because the builders don't you need you as much as you need them so they won't turn up.

mhh__ 5y ago

In the UK at least there is a pretty strong divide between expensive houses and merely ok houses. Everything just looks and smells of money, in a way that is particularly apparent over here because of the way our property ladder is. I don't mean gold plated toilet seats (I've never met anyone truly wealthy versus rich), but just because I have a chip on my shoulder I like googling bits of furniture or appliances I see, and find it immutably bizarre to see a set of taps that cost more than my computer, especially because they're nearly always made to look "rustic". At the moment in particular you have to be pretty secure and living in a sparse area to be able to get basically anything done to a house, i.e. because the builders don't you need you as much as you need them so they won't turn up.