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    2 months ago

    That’s really the foundational problem. If you could exist without bugging or being bugged by the neighbors dense housing would be so much more appealing

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      2 months ago

      This is absolutely correct.

      I live now in a well-made townhouse. I can’t hear the neighbors, ever, even the living room, or the kitchen. Or the bedroom! I love this place compared to my last crappy townhouse, or any apartment I’ve ever been in, ever.

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        Unfortunately, where I live it’s very hard to find a well-made apartment or townhouse. I love the idea of an apartment or townhouse where I couldn’t hear the neighbours no matter what they were doing, and I couldn’t smell their cooking, or be exposed to smoke when they’re smoking, and so-on. But, that just isn’t realistic. Even if laws were passed to make that a requirement as of today, it would be decades for the existing housing stock to be sold off.

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      If I could live in the city and never see another person I think I wouldn’t mind it.

      No, wait, still not enough trees or animals or stars in the sky.

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        That’s why we should build “luxury” apartment blocks in nature with high ceilings and very good noise cancellation, surrounded by agriculture and food forests, ideally growing their own food. Everyone gets a killer view and can quickly go out into nature.

        And then connect these big ass apartment blocks with underground train.