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[–] • 12 pts

when you're following the money and hopping from job-to-job in your 20's. Ikea furniture and seabag for your clothes.

it's liberating to be able to just decide that you're done within a month and walk out, get a better job for 20% more cash 1000 miles away.

apartments have a use.

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It's the same for elderly people - no maintenance, people nearby if you need help, can be close to markets and restaurants. When you die, your relatives just clean out the apartment and hand over the keys.

[–] • 11 pts

Who says living in an apartment has appeal. We can't all afford to live in a palatial estate. What a stupid fucking question.

[–] • 4 pts

Might as well ask: "What's the appeal of not living in a cardboard refrigerator box?"

[–] • 1 pt

That's what I thought lol, the premise is bonkers. Some crazy logic. Price is the only reason to live in an apt.

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It's a valid question. Plenty of people pay the same rent for an apartment that they'd pay for a house rental not far from there.

The one time i rented an apartment was when i moved across country, and didn't know where i should live based on traffic and all. It's not too hard to get month to month on an apartment, but on a house, very difficult.

[–] • 4 pts

I grew up in an apartment block and spent my twenties in one overseas. For people with active lifestyles, there's an appeal to not having to take care of landscaping, window washing, or anything outside the unit. Having gym facilities, tennis and squash courts, billiards, a reception room, restaurants, dry cleaners, and a convenience store all within the complex is all really handy. I miss being able to buy milk and eggs or visit neighbours wearing slippers, wake and stumble to the gym, or have a couple of beers with fried chicken an elevator ride away from my home. Although I enjoy owning a house, it's a lot of work and nothing is conveniently close.

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you're describing a rather elite tier apartment. Very convenient for sure.

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Was coming back to say an apartment complex with a lot of amenities, and you are truly a temporary renter is nice.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

I dated someone that lived in an apartment just as you described. It was pretty fantastic. For an apartment complex that is.

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To make Klaus Schwab happy by living in zee pod. There is no appeal. It sucks. I pay more for a small 1br than my mom does for her mortgage on her 2br condo which is twice the size of my place and she has a garage, balcony, deck and lives in a nice, quiet safe area with almost no black people. Granted she still has to pay taxes and repairs, but it almost averages the same.

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I mean hell if the WEF paid for it I'd take an extra apartment

[–] • 3 pts (edited )

Almost zero maintenance. No car necessary. No commuting.

[–] • 2 pts

Where the fuck you work that you don't have to go to work? If you telecommute, then why is an apartment better than a house?

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My point was that you can usually buy an apartment within a short walking distance to your office. No need to get mad I'm just trying to answer the question that was asked.

[–] • 2 pts

You don't own shit.

[–] • 1 pt

Even the landlord doesn't own his building, he's the caretaker. You pay the landlord, he pays the bank and the deep state.

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Pays maintenance / hoa fees. And whatever tf “special assessments” they come up with.

[–] • 2 pts

It’s very demoralizing.

I lived in multiple styles of houses growing up. It is duly noted that multiple story houses have significant positive impacts on kids.

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It is duly noted that multiple story houses have significant positive impacts on kids.

Such as? Something beyond the fact that two-story houses tend to be larger than single-story houses?

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Same way as good art is better than shit art. Or growing up in the mountains vs plains. It’s just more inspiring for the mind.

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What are the essentials of housing? You need a place to sleep, a place to eat, a place to shower and shit, a roof to keep the rain off, somewhere to keep your clothes, but there is no law that says all these things need to be in the same place. Pitch a ten in the woods, get a membership to the YMCA and shower there, eat and shit at the local diner or gas station. You wouldn't be homeless, you'd just have a decentralized home, part of it here, another part of it over there, another part somewhere else.

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No way I'm doing that in the winter though.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

Hearing the neighbors fucking is always a bonus; or seeing the neegro neighbor peek out his door every time you leave and a week later you're apartment's been robbed.

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Lock-up-and-go lifestyle has its appeal, particularly to the young. I rent out my city apartment and it pays for me to live a better lifestyle on a farm.

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