• magiccupcake@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Nah, apartments are supposed to be great. For one you can buy and own apartments.

    Renting is supposed to be a viable alternative to houses. The tradeoff is supposed to be slightly more expensive, but no worries about any kind of maintenance, and higher flexibility about moving.

    The reason this whole equation is so fucked is because we don’t have enough apartments (really all housing) to house everyone where they want to live, so purchasing or renting housing is obscenely expensive.

    And the main problem stems from zoning