pretty sure the answer is that old things are beautiful because they used good pattern languages now extinct
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Part of that might be location, I imagine a modern mcmansion would sell for a lot if it was in the 100 year old center of a town
it’s part of it, but I see ugly new buildings in nice old areas become “distressed properties” that can’t sell
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there’s one in particular I’ve been snickering at for over two years
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Maybe the problem is speculators on housing at some point became the main builders of new homes and they wanted to make them as "generic" as possible, whereas the majority of homes used to be build for a specific person with their input and desire factored in.
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In a lot of jurisdictions if you do ANY repairs you're legally required to bring the whole thing up to code
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wait I misread
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