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English-speaking countries can't build housing (feddit.uk)

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[–] Mika@piefed.ca 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

For centuries before, living in a single house with children of all ages and grandparents was a norm. American boomers is an outlier, not a norm.

Apartments don't have to be small. It's more efficient to stack apartments vertically if you want to build a city. And in the recent years people want to move to the cities cause of socio-economic changes.

Want to live in the house? Move to the village. Want a house in the city? Pay a premium.

[–] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

That's fair: we used to live in smaller dwellings. I kind of like that we have more space now.

Apartments don't have to be smaller than homes, but that's exactly what happens everywhere that becomes more dense.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

TBH maybe our culture took a wrong turn there. Everyone is lonely, parents are stressed with no support network to help them and we can't afford shit.

Don't get me wrong, some families are shit, but then there's also a concept of found family now that could fill that gap.