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The Great Compression | Thanks to soaring housing prices, the era of the 400-square-foot subdivision house is upon us. (www.nytimes.com)
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These remind me of the post-1906 earthquake shacks. Better built attached housing would likely let people live better at a similar, if they could manage to agree on reasonable rules about living just a bit closer.

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[–] Tak@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That would have to be an extremely thick wall for some of the neighbors I've had.

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes, it should be at least a foot of concrete. Or, more environmentally friendly, a foot of compressed earth.

But lots of places just do wood stick frame and that's fucking terrible between two different units.

[–] Tak@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure that's enough concrete to drown out neighbors I've had. I've lived in buildings with about that much concrete between apartments but I'd still hear the bass of music at 3 AM.

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It was probably coming out of a window

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