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English-speaking countries can't build housing (feddit.uk)

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[–] Mika@piefed.ca 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

For centuries before, living in a single house with children of all ages and grandparents was a norm. American boomers is an outlier, not a norm.

Apartments don't have to be small. It's more efficient to stack apartments vertically if you want to build a city. And in the recent years people want to move to the cities cause of socio-economic changes.

Want to live in the house? Move to the village. Want a house in the city? Pay a premium.

[–] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

That's fair: we used to live in smaller dwellings. I kind of like that we have more space now.

Apartments don't have to be smaller than homes, but that's exactly what happens everywhere that becomes more dense.