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This is very interesting, but it assumes the predicate that separated apartments with individual kitchens and bathrooms are the right way for people to live. An
by z3ugma 3y ago
This is very interesting, but it assumes the predicate that separated apartments with individual kitchens and bathrooms are the right way for people to live. And 1 BR and studios at that.
These are buildings designed for communal occupancy as offices, why not lean into that as residences? Think like a 1-2 floor cooperative housing for a community of 50-100 people in 25-50 family units. Everyone gets private bedrooms, storage, and a den. But the expensive amenities that foster community are shared:
Large commercial-style communal kitchens and bathrooms. That would enable other big shared amenities on the floor like a gym, a daycare, or coworking desks.
The epidemic of loneliness plaguing millennials is in my estimation largely due to a lack of community. Think of the kind of community that was east to build at university - why can’t we have that in the conversion of these big floor plates
- LeanderK 3y agothat's actually a great idea. While it's certainly not for everyone, if you don't like it there's every other apartment to choose. It's great to have options from the monotony of the usual apartments.
- slaw 3y agoBoarding houses are banned in US due to zoning laws.
- AndrewKemendo 3y agoI guess we should just give up then right?
- slaw 3y agoI have no hope.
- nativespecies 3y agolol, you go live like that and report back to us.
- exochrono 3y agoAgreed - a friend in Tokyo mentioned that his neighborhood had small apartments that didn't have their own bathrooms but instead came with unlimited access to the public bathhouse down the street. If you were down with that tradeoff you could get an apt in a super desirable neighborhood for ~$300/mo. Sounds like an amazing option to me, but totally prevented by zoning / regulations in the US.