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> live in smaller houses and share walls with their neighbors Doing either of those things makes your standard of living worse.
by josephcsible 3y ago
> live in smaller houses and share walls with their neighbors
Doing either of those things makes your standard of living worse.
- f1yght 3y agoThat's your opinion, sharing a wall but being able to walk or bike easily to everything I need it a huge boost to my quality of life.
- 2023throwawayy 3y agoIf you get lucky and get quiet and/or friendly neighbors, sure.
- closeparen 3y agoSound isolation is part of the price/quality tradeoff. Urban housing is just so scarce relative to demand that almost no one can afford quality.
- pivo 3y agoSo does having to drive to work, sit in traffic, pay for and maintain the car (or more likely in the US, cars.) I live in a city, share walls, and am less than a 10 minute walk from my office. My coworkers come in early and leave work late to avoid traffic. I'm home before they can get their car out of the parking garage and I can easily go home for lunch. I think my standard of living is therefore higher than someone who must drive to work.
- xnx 3y agoThat's often true. I've also read about a lot of situations in rural areas where the nearest neighbor might be 1/2 mile away, but they are absolutely crazy about property lines.