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Why are people saying Townhomes and Bronwstones have no yard space? This is false and not true. I remember working for an advertisement company two months back and our window was located between two blocks in Greenwich Village and I vividly remembered the whole middle of the block lined up with functioning yard space and even rooftop settings (which you can’t do in a McMansion).
I love a neighborhood feel so I pick townhomes and Brownstones.
If your townhome or rowhome has thin walls and mice, perhaps you’re rowhome is old and not updated or you live in a ghetto.
With that being said you have some nice big homes in ghetto Detroit that look like they’re in horrible condition and I’m not talking about the abandoned ones either.
^^^ I also hate the work required to maintain a McMansion. Front yard, back yard and the god damn roof? No way I rather play Red Dead Redemption 2 for Xbox on my weekends.
Pretty good at that game too. Can’t be distracted!
In Los Angeles, we dont have brownstone/rowhomes/terraced homes like other cities.
LA has normal mansions like in Bel Air and Beverly Hills, but lately lots of Mcmansions are popping up. Though the term just means they tear down an older smaller California bungalow style home that is maybe 1000-1500 sf on a 1/5 of an acre and build a 3000 square foot 2 story home that is pretty much all house and little yard. Here are some examples on google street view.
Beverly Grove: https://goo.gl/maps/ugg9DXUekkt3px398
Venice: https://goo.gl/maps/cAeeyWQnQndM4ucW9
Palms: https://goo.gl/maps/yThcY2W6rWUki1k87
Cheviot Hills: https://goo.gl/maps/RwY5HCy2JT63AqN16
Why are people saying Townhomes and Bronwstones have no yard space? This is false and not true. I remember working for an advertisement company two months back and our window was located between two blocks in Greenwich Village and I vividly remembered the whole middle of the block lined up with functioning yard space and even rooftop settings (which you can’t do in a McMansion).
I love a neighborhood feel so I pick townhomes and Brownstones.
If your townhome or rowhome has thin walls and mice, perhaps you’re rowhome is old and not updated or you live in a ghetto.
With that being said you have some nice big homes in ghetto Detroit that look like they’re in horrible condition and I’m not talking about the abandoned ones either.
Because people pretend to know what they're talking about without actually ever having been in a rowhome/brownstone neighborhood.
In Los Angeles, we dont have brownstone/rowhomes/terraced homes like other cities.
LA has normal mansions like in Bel Air and Beverly Hills, but lately lots of Mcmansions are popping up. Though the term just means they tear down an older smaller California bungalow style home that is maybe 1000-1500 sf on a 1/5 of an acre and build a 3000 square foot 2 story home that is pretty much all house and little yard. Here are some examples on google street view.
Beverly Grove: https://goo.gl/maps/ugg9DXUekkt3px398
Venice: https://goo.gl/maps/cAeeyWQnQndM4ucW9
Palms: https://goo.gl/maps/yThcY2W6rWUki1k87
Cheviot Hills: https://goo.gl/maps/RwY5HCy2JT63AqN16
Such a shame. My wife and I were just there this last weekend and one of our favorite things to do is to meander through different neighborhoods admiring all the cool old houses. I may be way off, but it seems like there has been more of an effort lately to restore rather than tear down from what I see the handful of times I’m there a year. Maybe I’m just seeing what I want to?
Such a shame. My wife and I were just there this last weekend and one of our favorite things to do is to meander through different neighborhoods admiring all the cool old houses. I may be way off, but it seems like there has been more of an effort lately to restore rather than tear down from what I see the handful of times I’m there a year. Maybe I’m just seeing what I want to?
I do think LA has finally for once in its existence realized the value of preserving older buildings. There has been a lot of pressure to ban tearing down older buildings and replacing them with McMansions. The Spanish style homes in places like Mid Wilshire are absolutely beautiful and it makes me both sad and angry seeing them replaced with glass and concrete boxes. There so many places you could build such an ugly home, why bother tearing down a beautiful older home to do that?
However, I think the damage has been done pretty hard already though. On the same blocks as those street views, you can often see quite a few McMansions that are far too large for their lot sizes towering over the beautiful original Spanish style homes.
Why are people saying Townhomes and Bronwstones have no yard space? This is false and not true. I remember working for an advertisement company two months back and our window was located between two blocks in Greenwich Village and I vividly remembered the whole middle of the block lined up with functioning yard space and even rooftop settings (which you can’t do in a McMansion).
I love a neighborhood feel so I pick townhomes and Brownstones.
If your townhome or rowhome has thin walls and mice, perhaps you’re rowhome is old and not updated or you live in a ghetto.
With that being said you have some nice big homes in ghetto Detroit that look like they’re in horrible condition and I’m not talking about the abandoned ones either.
They should look at an aerial view of these neighborhoods and see for themselves.
The 3-8 family buildings in North Brooklyn/Ridgewood also tend to have backyards
Well if I had everything I wanted materially in life, a McMansion... in a very wealthy, upper-crust part of the city, not far from the CBD, gated entry with a valet, butler, gardener and garage space for four vehicles and world class furnishings, entertainment systems and a wine cellar that can store 5000 bottles (and already stocked for me by my own personal sommelier). Yeah, that'd be nice.
But if all I could afford was the ****ty suburban 5000 sq ft behemoth that has no neighborhood and the lifestyle of the community is to shop at Costco, mow the lawns, paint the house and upkeep the damn place on their own and no one from the city would bother venturing to or even mentioning unless they have a family member they have to visit there? Hell no. I'll gladly take a nicely appointed townhome with a small patio and garden, with a strata to share the upkeep and take care of things and located near the urban core on a vibrant walkable community with transit and services nearby any damn day of the year.
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