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Can you explain this for the non-US audience?
by hk__2 3y ago
Can you explain this for the non-US audience?
- pimlottc 3y agoOr just the non-Boston audience
- hiAndrewQuinn 3y agohttps://www.google.com/search?q=Boston+triple+decker&client=firefox-b-m&sca_esv=599503376&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiY7I6rvueDAxVBPxAIHTHQBE4Q_AUIBigB&biw=432&bih=816 https://www.google.com/search?q=Boston+triple+decker&client=... Cheap enough for a middle income family to build or purchase themselves, enough apartments for grandparents, parents and children just getting their start in the world. They're great!
- manuelmoreale 3y agoI suspect they're referring to this type of buildings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-decker_(house) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-decker_(house)
- kevsim 3y agoYep, that's what tons of houses outside of the immediate city center of Boston look like.
- drcongo 3y agoThose look a little like the Mansion Blocks we have in London - https://welcomehome-london.com/architecture/mansion-blocks/ https://welcomehome-london.com/architecture/mansion-blocks/
- Steltek 3y agoA little trolling going on in that Wikipedia page. It captions the Cambridge photo as "Three-decker", where locals would call it a triple-decker. It then captions the Worcester photo as "triple-decker", where locals would call it three-decker.
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