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> Newer housing is quite often much nicer than older housing I would disagree very strongly. Stronger building codes and rising material costs have made everyt
by rpmisms 3y ago
> Newer housing is quite often much nicer than older housing
I would disagree very strongly. Stronger building codes and rising material costs have made everything look very samey. I really wish people would/could build more houses that were interesting.
- davidw 3y agoYou're discussing aesthetics, not the actual quality of the housing: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/stop-fetishizing-old-homes-new-construction-nice/621012/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/stop-fetis...
- rpmisms 3y agoAnecdotally, housing quality has gone way down, but that's probably due to quality of labor.