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A pretty building gives me ~0 ROI. Spending an extra 1 million on marketing gives me a far better ROI. These are basically 0 sum, you want a dishwasher or a p

• davemp 3y ago
  > A pretty building gives me ~0 ROI. > > Spending an extra 1 million on marketing gives me a far better ROI. In many cases a pretty building can be marketing. There are also many intangible effects such as the moral of people who work in said building. Also like OP said pretty buildings are often cheaper over long term because people don't want to tear them down as often. Just because it's harder to calculate/measure ROI doesn't make it non-existent. > These are basically 0 sum, you want a dishwasher or a pretty overhang? No one is suggesting to forgo basic amenities for ornamentation?
• Daishiman 3y ago
  People travel to cities with pretty buildings and abhor the ones with horrible buildings and that has a massive ROI.
• anon291 3y ago
  I want a building with the pretty overhang. A dishwasher is $600 on Amazon. A pretty overhang on an existing building is priceless... you can't add it after-market. It always looks strange My 1920s house has no dishwasher, but is pretty. I added a dishwasher for a few hundred dollars. When I redid the molding in our house (took it all off, repainted, repaired, and put it back on), I took my mouldings to the wood store just for fun to see how much it would cost. The dishwasher was cheaper. Not even because it's that great moulding, but because they just don't make it like that anymore.