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Different solutions for different times in a person's life need to be available. I have never had much use for apartments opting instead for duplexes during that time of my life. That being said, I have not lived in multiple unit housing since my second month of marriage 48 years ago. I prefer a home on acreage.Depends on the individual.
When I was in school I had no time for mowing the lawn or plowing snow...an apartment worked great.
Now I have the time for all that plus I hate having annoying or noisy neighbors...I can do what ever I want in my house or yard. If I want to dig up a garden...I CAN!![]()
I live in a college student area. The students and others pack the snow down on the sidewalks walking to and fro. Then the city demands that property owners clean the snow off down to the concrete, so the same students and others don't slip and fall on the hazard that they created.Depends on the individual.
When I was in school I had no time for mowing the lawn or plowing snow...an apartment worked great.
Housing with the shortest possible driveway to meet the minimum set back from the road. High density apartments, townhouses and condos come with too much hardscape.If you were planning future housing for people, would you favor homes with green space or apartment type housing without green space.
I grew up in such a neighborhood. Large three-flats virtually at the sidewalk with scarcely four feet between buildings (street parking only). What little green space was pretty useless. Often just enough to hang clothes out to dry. Also, large 'rooming houses', very few 'apartment' buildings. Scattered single-family homes. Great neighborhood thanks to proximity to lakes, parks, churches, schools, shopping, hospitals, etc. A small city with big ideas.Housing with the shortest possible driveway to meet the minimum set back from the road. High density apartments, townhouses and condos come with too much hardscape.
I have lived in houses, apartments, a condo and a townhouse and I far prefer single family housing. That said, I do know that people these days prefer big houses and no yards, so the market definitely goes the other way from me.I grew up in such a neighborhood. Large three-flats virtually at the sidewalk with scarcely four feet between buildings (street parking only). What little green space was pretty useless. Often just enough to hang clothes out to dry. Also, large 'rooming houses', very few 'apartment' buildings. Scattered single-family homes. Great neighborhood thanks to proximity to lakes, parks, churches, schools, shopping, hospitals, etc. A small city with big ideas.
I live in a college student area. The students and others pack the snow down on the sidewalks walking to and fro. Then the city demands that property owners clean the snow off down to the concrete, so the same students and others don't slip and fall on the hazard that they created.
Addressing the OP, I would plan future housing like this:If you were planning future housing for people, would you favor homes with green space or apartment type housing without green space.
You still have to shovel it.
My wife had an appropriate post on her social media this a.m. LOLIt's been almost 2 decades since i built my farm
No bank would have anything to do with me back then
I built out of pocket, and lived in what most would consider 'spartan'
But realize in my state there is very little bureaucracy , it's libertopia for those who would opt to live in a hole in the ground......think a drywall bucket for a toilet , a woodstove , and whatever livestock might look good for din din......
I went from 200/210 to 155 on a 6' frame, my buds on the meatwagon made fun of me , called me 'aids boy' , and all
Doubtful i could repeat that pushin' the big 7Ohhhhh........
~S~
High home prices and low wages have upset supply and demand. Instead of demanding people are settling for what they can afford.If you were planning out a city you would have to build a balance of both. Perhaps a few blocks of houses and an apartment building on either end of that section.
Then see what the demand is & go from there.