Not the way we are accustomed to building detached houses in USA--but ditch the yards and reduce the building footprint (keeping overall costs lower & making such houses more accessible for low-income buyers) and it's another story https://twitter.com/ded_ruckus/status/1011301084348858368 …
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Possibly relevant detail: When you buy a detached home, you're fully responsible for that home. When you live in one unit of a multi-unit building, even if it's a condo you bought, generally someone else is responsible for maintenance-type things
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Perhaps the people living in those gross townhomes are doing it because it lets them live a life where someone else deals with property maintenance
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Perhaps--but given that there ARE no detached homes which are small enough and on small enough plots for them to possibly afford, countless thousands have no choice
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(in USA at least)
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The idea is that you shouldn't be trapped in apartment living just because you can't afford 1/4 acre and 2000 square feet--there is a whole universe of detached housing options out there which we could be building which would serve our poor better than apartments do
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...and granted that ownership might be beyond their means: even if you're just renting, wouldn't you rather rent a detached unit than an attached one, provided they're of comparable price?
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Yes to all of the above
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The three-decker with a small yard still one of the best housing designs evah
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Sorry I've had way too many instances of shitty neighbors above/below me to agree
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Why it's better to leverage and own - so you can evict them.
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Granted that ownership is required to enjoy them in the first place, better to own something which doesn't have randos coming and going on the other floors imho
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From the tenant's perspective too: I'd prefer to live somewhere where I'm not liable to piss off the owner just by walking a bit too heavily or having friends over
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If I owned one I'd live on the top floor. Most tenants are ok beyond that. It's too bad Somerville 3deckers are $1 million plus now
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