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> The average person in California (and in the rest of the country) desires to live in a detached home that they own. And then you put them inches away from on
by OJFord 4y ago
> The average person in California (and in the rest of the country) desires to live in a detached home that they own.
And then you put them inches away from one another, lined up in perfect rows!
I don't get it, looking on (mainly through TV/film) from the UK, what makes detached houses desirable is almost entirely lacking from North American streets, they frequently seem to look like a terrace that's been chopped up. Is it perhaps because timber framing makes noise more of a problem in terraces/semis; so that becomes the prime motivator for detached?
- brenns10 4y agoNope, it's not a technical reason. Zoning laws typically prevent you from building structures near the edge of your lot in the suburbs. They also mandate excessive amounts of space to store automobiles, and absurd setbacks from the street.
- OJFord 4y ago(From what you've said alone) you could still space them out more, have more variety/less uniformity? ('Little boxes all the same')
- brenns10 4y agoI think it comes down to development cost. A lot of suburbs are developed by a single housing developer, and they essentially have a "theme" with similar styles and just a few floor plans to choose from. So some suburbs end up looking very cookie cutter. They also do things like clear all the old trees out prior to developing the land, which is cheaper and easier, but can create a very desolate environment to live in. There are plenty of suburbs that aren't this way though, especially older ones.