Sitting here trying to chill on the couch at 10am on a Saturday. Over the back fence is a dog that barks constantly whenever it’s left unattended, and some toddler in a nearby apartment block has been throwing a screaming tantrum for the last 15 minutes, which also happens regularly. How’s the serenity?
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I completely get it because I pretty much feel this way. Where im at im still at the end of the metro line and there are actually a fair amount of 4 over 2 type condos but there are also single family homes. I live in a condo. So it is just sorta technically suburbs as its outside the city. Sorta sucks that it costs so much to live in real downtown. Part of it I think is the 6 over 2 are sorta the lowest cost per square foot while being land efficient. Like the elevator in my building is pneumatic but over a certain height that kind won’t work.
I really love that type of construction, it is super efficient. People think of big skyscrapers but even just 2 units can be very efficient!
At one pointed I rented a unit in a six flat and my dream but I could never swing it was to own a multiflat. High flying dream was to actually be able to get one built like a zigarat so every level had small yards. It is super efficient but I would still love to be in a high rise but mostly just to be in the heart of transit and to have all the density so everything you can think of is close by. Would also love if my city banned cars from the downtown area. It has such an obvious area that its kinda pointless to have traffic in.