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I live in a city and was happy to get a separate tiny apartment 10 min from my family house. It makes a great office and guest room. I hugely prefer it over hav

I live in a city and was happy to get a separate tiny apartment 10 min from my family house. It makes a great office and guest room. I hugely prefer it over having a bigger house with a home office. I also love that I can live in a safe city with 4 kids. And that there is a little separation from the chaos.

DragonStrength 3y ago
This is my plan: I live in a walk-able neighborhood of small Craftsman-style houses in an unremarkable, mid-size US city. It's great for kids because they can walk to the park and meet neighborhood kids roaming sidewalks, but it's terrible for getting work done with kids at home. Thankfully, there's available office space over old retail nearby, which rents for really reasonable prices and can fit a desk each for me and my wife.
yieldcrv 3y ago
I think public policy experts sorely underestimate how many individuals have more than 1 apartment for themselves. Here in Los Angeles, I know a handful of people that have apartments in radically different parts of the city, just for practicality and convenience. Just renting. Nothing anybody brags about given how awkward struggling people will make that, but if you got it like that there is no reason to experience LA, you can totally exempt yourself from the commutes and hellishness and have somewhere to decompress in whichever part of the city you are in. I've sublet for months this way too, while retaining a headquarters that I rent elsewhere.
- zht 3y ago
  and how many of those are rent controlled and in jurisdictions where housing is in short supply and homelessness is on the rise
  - infecto 3y ago
    I detest these types of arguments. People renting multiple apartments may be a part of the problem but surely the main cause is an undersupply of housing. Homelessness is not caused by this person renting multiple units. It’s like when SF kept reminding that I needed to ask for a water refill because we need to conserve water while farms in the Central Valley are using the majority of it.
    - zht 3y ago
      In your example, being reminded of a water refill is marginally annoying. It’s a minor inconvenience. When it comes to housing, a singular human priced out of housing is someone who becomes homeless
      - infecto 3y ago
        Disagree. More housing needs to be built in your scenario. It is not on the shoulders of the demand side. More housing needs to be built and it needs to be built now. We should be guilting the communities that have prevented development from happening. Not John Doe who rents two apartments.
        dr_dshiv 3y ago
        Part of my point was that renting two apartments can be a solution to a family not having a bigger single apartment. So many people move out of cities because they need more room. So I wanted to point out that there are ways to stay in a city with a family.
        infecto 3y ago
        I totally understood. Was not a fan of the poster responding to you, claiming you made someone homeless.

DragonStrength 3y ago

This is my plan: I live in a walk-able neighborhood of small Craftsman-style houses in an unremarkable, mid-size US city. It's great for kids because they can walk to the park and meet neighborhood kids roaming sidewalks, but it's terrible for getting work done with kids at home. Thankfully, there's available office space over old retail nearby, which rents for really reasonable prices and can fit a desk each for me and my wife.

yieldcrv 3y ago

I think public policy experts sorely underestimate how many individuals have more than 1 apartment for themselves. Here in Los Angeles, I know a handful of people that have apartments in radically different parts of the city, just for practicality and convenience. Just renting. Nothing anybody brags about given how awkward struggling people will make that, but if you got it like that there is no reason to experience LA, you can totally exempt yourself from the commutes and hellishness and have somewhere to decompress in whichever part of the city you are in. I've sublet for months this way too, while retaining a headquarters that I rent elsewhere.

zht 3y ago
and how many of those are rent controlled and in jurisdictions where housing is in short supply and homelessness is on the rise
- infecto 3y ago
  I detest these types of arguments. People renting multiple apartments may be a part of the problem but surely the main cause is an undersupply of housing. Homelessness is not caused by this person renting multiple units. It’s like when SF kept reminding that I needed to ask for a water refill because we need to conserve water while farms in the Central Valley are using the majority of it.
  - zht 3y ago
    In your example, being reminded of a water refill is marginally annoying. It’s a minor inconvenience. When it comes to housing, a singular human priced out of housing is someone who becomes homeless
    - infecto 3y ago
      Disagree. More housing needs to be built in your scenario. It is not on the shoulders of the demand side. More housing needs to be built and it needs to be built now. We should be guilting the communities that have prevented development from happening. Not John Doe who rents two apartments.
      - dr_dshiv 3y ago
        Part of my point was that renting two apartments can be a solution to a family not having a bigger single apartment. So many people move out of cities because they need more room. So I wanted to point out that there are ways to stay in a city with a family.
        infecto 3y ago
        I totally understood. Was not a fan of the poster responding to you, claiming you made someone homeless.