We need to make our cities and towns more family friendly. This is called the “missing middle” in housing, and it’s why in north america all we see are either large condo towers or single family homes, which also drives our urban sprawl problems.
Almost all new large towers/buildings in north america prioritize bachelor’s units 1 and 2 bedroom units. Trying to find a well priced 3 or 4 bedroom in a “lively” downtown center, close to transit and work, with plenty of schooling in the area is almost impossible. It’s also a factor in why cities became so empty during the pandemic, ie. Not to many families living permanently in cities.
Here’s a good article that also talks about the same issue with some different apparment layouts, and why developers don’t provide adequate family units.
https://www.centerforbuilding.org/blog/we-we-cant-build-family-sized-apartments-in-north-america
This together with zoning requirements in north america is pushing most cities and developers to only cater towards large towers or single family housing.
three bedrooms exist but are way costly compared to one or two bedrooms such that people might as well buy a detached house. Then also a condo will have much less general space. basements, attics, yards, and garages mean that even a rinky little two bedroom house will have much more space than a four bedroom condo.
either large condo towers or single family homes, which also drives our urban sprawl problems
Large condo towers don’t drive urban sprawl; they’re the only thing we have fixing it.
Bad idea by the OP, or bad punctuation making an eats/shoots/leaves sentence?
America vs Rest-of-world pic
Build your building from firewood, or build it from building materials. The striking difference gives us two themes of headline:
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family rebuilding with help from neighbours after 9th floor apartment catches fire, burns for an hour.
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man leaves stove on, burns down entire building, 71 families homeless.
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