• Matombo@feddit.org
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    14 hours ago

    is it just me or anyone else thinking that row houses would have been way more efficent than these? giving everyone living there more than 1 room

    • Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de
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      12 hours ago

      Depends. Given this happened in North America there might very well be existing production lines for these tiny houses, and construction laws are also way simpler to fulfill with those basically anywhere (e.g. in Germany you’d just have had to make the whole place a camping site). They all look pretty standardized, including those solar panels.

      Although I’d agree that a properly build big building would probably last longer. Not too sure about that though, I’m just happy to hear there are still people with money actually taking care of those who’re at rock bottom.

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        9 hours ago

        I think this is the correct answer, outside of large cities it is not legal to build apartments or row houses in many places in the States. It would probably be significantly easier to skirt the zoning laws to buy a plot of land and put 100 tiny houses on it, than to attempt to get some sort exception granted to the zoning in order to build an apartment or row house.

        • SpicyColdFartChamber@lemm.ee
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          9 hours ago

          not legal

          I don’t know this, but I am willing to bet it’s not legal because of the segregation era suburban dystopia laws.

    • Realitätsverlust@lemmy.zip
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      13 hours ago

      They are also a lot more expensive. The most expensive with these houses he built is probably the ground, but he might’ve gotten it for free from the town.