so far istm the look of the individual houses doesn't matter as much as their and positions and orientations... but I have such a soft spot for all hilly architecture even slums so it's hard to tell
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Replying to @willdoingthings
slums look way better than these expensive dumpster fires imopic.twitter.com/ycyxipWrIW
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Replying to @literalbanana @willdoingthings
In the ancient times (you know, like the 18 and 1900s), before air conditioning, people went outside a lot more and so went to some effort to make sure the outsides of their expensive houses were pleasant to be in and around. Now people just watch TV inside.
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Replying to @drethelin @willdoingthings
it’s odd because these particular eyesores are surrounded by expensive/beautiful/popular parks
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Replying to @literalbanana @willdoingthings
What if it's building codes? I was talking to my architect about putting up a little wall and park in front of my house and he said it wouldn't be allowed
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Replying to @drethelin @willdoingthings
oh definitely - in these gated communities specific bad aesthetics are mandatory I think
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Replying to @literalbanana @willdoingthings
Also a lot of the things that make a house pleasant from the outside let animals and strangers inhabit it more easily
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Replying to @drethelin @willdoingthings
still, the beautiful houses built in the 1910-30s sell for a lot more than these (when they’re available)
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Replying to @literalbanana @willdoingthings
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
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Replying to @drethelin @willdoingthings
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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Replying to @literalbanana
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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Replying to @drethelin @literalbanana
Despite lifespans increasing at some point time horizons got really compressed, possibly because realtors and lots of other salesman are incentivized to artificially compress them for people. What percentage of people would be content to wait a year to get a house built?
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