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[-] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

It sounds like most of your grievances are due to renting vs ownership. I've definitely had similar experiences, but most of things aren't issues with decent duplex/townhouse/condos that you own.

The real problem is the huge corporations building apartment complexes with the cheapest materials and no thought of proper urban fabric while dressing them up like something off the magnolia network and renting them as "luxury apartments". You end up paying top dollar for a shitty pile of monochromatic chipboard and petroleum distillates.

[-] zod000@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

Not the previous commenter, but your comment was spot on and reminds me that I have actually rented apartments with "magnolia" in the name that looked nice from 500' away, but were poorly build and poorly managed shitholes.

[-] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Lol, that's exactly it. The pictures all look nice, until you actually live there and realize everything is crooked, built from paper, and held together with paint.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago

And all the new apartments are 99% studio/bedsits.

You need something from a hundred years ago if you want to raise a family in a high density area

[-] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I'm not one to really keep up with what's on the market, but I don't think I've ever really seen many 3-4 bedroom apartments outside of college towns.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I travel a bit with extended family and we stay in multi-room serviced apartments when we go to cities

They're almost universally old buildings

The main thing I hear from friends and family looking for a home is "I couldn't live in a flat, we need three bedrooms". That stuff isn't being built by the builders who are looking for maximum number of residences for minimum cost

[-] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago

And all the new apartments are 99% studio/bedsits.

You need something from a hundred years ago if you want to raise a family in a high density area

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