I grew up in a city of mostly rowhomes and I love them. Plan on buying one one day.

You still get walk-ability, sense of community and good population density (not as good as a high-rise but still good), but also more privacy, and the space is more conducive to raising a family than an apartment. Also they’re cute as fuck and people can paint them different colors and have cool little gardens on their porches and stuff.

  • iridaniotter [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Alterlaa is a public housing complex in Austria with a shape that allows for several floors to grow plants on their balconies.

    This still falls short of a backyard you’d get with many rowhomes, though. But Alterlaa follows the towers-in-the-park philosophy of urban planning so there’s plenty of outdoor space for families. In a traditional, pre-industrial-style city you’d just have more parks and car-free streets with lots of vegetation. For dense and modern cities, Singapore is working on blending modern urbanism with nature.