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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
oh yeah, agreed. $400K prefab homes going up on empty lots in north lawndale isn't the solution.
if they could drive the all-in cost down to $200K, then maybe we'd have something.
i was only bringing up our multi-family solution for being able to live in lincoln square in response to your comment about the fetishization of "new! newer!! newest!!!" in the real estate market.
i also happen to think there's a fetishization for SFH's if children are involved (at least among certain demographics). it's not that SFH's are bad or wrong or anything, but we can't all have one if we want to maintain our city's functionally urban, yet family-friendly neighborhoods. small-scale low-rise multi-family (the chicago flat) excels in that department, IMO.
every time a 2-flat gets deconverted, baby jesus cries.  |
Wait why is a prefab house $400k? That's the question, when you can buy new construction houses in suburbs for $250k, built on site? Shouldn't they be significantly cheaper than that?