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The major causes of today's ever increasing housing costs include the allowance of foreign investors, colleges, universities and conglomerates to buy up neighborhood residential properties and the allowance of air bnbs in neighborhoods. This is turn has had a ripple effect-higher taxation, higher utilities, higher insurance cost, etc.
Additionally, colleges and universities now accept more out of state than in state students so more students reside in cities. This allows landlords to lease slum apartments/dormitories while keeping rents extremely high.
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I like how foreigners love to make fun of the 'quality' of American homes being made of wood. Have you ever been to a house in the UK or Europe? They are small, and most don't fit modern day amenities. Many, if given the opportunity would switch to an American home in a heartbeat.
I will say though that craftsmanship of new homes are not on par with homes built in the first half of the 20th century.
It's also not entirely correct. Homes in places like the shortlines and throughout South Florida are made of solid concrete. My home in Fort Lauderdale is solid concrete, with roof trusses made of Miami-Dade slash-pine which is impervious to termites.
Homes in the U.S. are built to a very high standard, when you compare new with new.
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Originally Posted by Brave New World
There are lots of different styles of houses and apartments in the UK, and they range from the historic to the very modern, whilst gardens (yards) also vary, and this is especially the case in relation to rural areas as opposed to urban areas, where land is more expensive.
I know you weren't suggesting this... but it does irk me when I hear people around the world who come visit for a weekend say that American architecture is so plain. Like... I don't know where these people are going... we literally have the most diverse architecture in the world.
Just off the top of my head, I can name:
- Mediterranean (Spanish)
- Mid-Century Modern
- Tudor (German)
- Craftsman
- Shirtwaist
- New Orleans Shotgun
- Carolina Shotgun
- Arts & Crafts
- Queen Anne
- Queen Victorian
- Federal
- Plantation
- Brownstone
... I mean, I could go on almost forever.
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The material in the USA is quite crappy. In most of the country, a strong wind risks your home being blown to bits.
The quality of the material and construction (not to mention character) are all superior in the UK.
This has to be parody, right? I can't imagine you're being serious...
Cry me a river. You’ve always had to pay to play with the old money inbred snobs on the upper east coast and the beautiful plastic people on the “cutting edge†west coast.
If you’re not rich enough swing it, there are about 40 other states to choose from. Mississippi. West Virginia. Kansas. And other garden spots. .
And that’s the beauty of this country some of you traitors clearly hate so much. If you don’t like something, don’t buy it! You are free to go F off to some other place within our 3.8 million square miles.
The major causes of today's ever increasing housing costs include the allowance of foreign investors, colleges, universities and conglomerates to buy up neighborhood residential properties and the allowance of air bnbs in neighborhoods. This is turn has had a ripple effect-higher taxation, higher utilities, higher insurance costs, etc.
Additionally, colleges and universities now accept more out of state than in state students so more students reading in cities and essentially creating slum apartments/dormitories with extremely high rents.
So, you don't believe in free markets? Why should the government dictate who and who can't buy property?
It's also not entirely correct. Homes in places like the shortlines and throughout South Florida are made of solid concrete.
In older construction such as Boca R. this is true, only having been a building material supplier in your area...many newer developments used lumber/drywall. In fact, all of them did on both coasts.
Then they made them look like concrete, by slapping my stucco over Tyvek.
Newly constructed homes are over-priced in this country, due to greedy developers and contractors.
And older the same due to greedy central banks manipulating the money supply with inflation and deflation.
That's why the average price has risen over 10 since we came off the gold standard, while wages haven't nearly risen the same amount to off-set rising housing costs.
In older construction such as Boca R. this is true, only having been a building material supplier in your area...many newer developments used lumber/drywall. In fact, all of them did on both coasts.
Then they made them look like concrete, by slapping my stucco over Tyvek.
Newly constructed homes are over-priced in this country, due to greedy developers and contractors.
And older the same due to greedy central banks manipulating the money supply with inflation and deflation.
That's why the average price has risen over 10 since we came off the gold standard, while wages haven't nearly risen the same amount to off-set rising housing costs.
So you believe developers should sell homes for less even if the market bids the price higher?
What is a greedy central bank? Detailed explanation would be helpful.
It's also not entirely correct. Homes in places like the shortlines and throughout South Florida are made of solid concrete. My home in Fort Lauderdale is solid concrete, with roof trusses made of Miami-Dade slash-pine which is impervious to termites.
Homes in the U.S. are built to a very high standard, when you compare new with new.
I know you weren't suggesting this... but it does irk me when I hear people around the world who come visit for a weekend say that American architecture is so plain. Like... I don't know where these people are going... we literally have the most diverse architecture in the world.
Just off the top of my head, I can name:
- Mediterranean (Spanish)
- Mid-Century Modern
- Tudor (German)
- Craftsman
- Shirtwaist
- New Orleans Shotgun
- Carolina Shotgun
- Arts & Crafts
- Queen Anne
- Queen Victorian
- Federal
- Plantation
- Brownstone
... I mean, I could go on almost forever.
This has to be parody, right? I can't imagine you're being serious...
You are in South Florida. Was your house built post Andrew?
In terms of concrete for single family housing, that's overwhelmingly not the case in most of the US.
I like how foreigners love to make fun of the 'quality' of American homes being made of wood. Have you ever been to a house in the UK or Europe? They are small, and most don't fit modern day amenities. Many, if given the opportunity would switch to an American home in a heartbeat.
I will say though that craftsmanship of new homes are not on par with homes built in the first half of the 20th century.
Are you familiar with "The three little pigs"
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