The "my inner city neighborhood is so much better than your cookie cutter suburb house" is really getting old in this forum. I've worked with hundreds of both types of homes and it really is nothing more than an opinion.
Contractors fifty years ago didn't do a better job than today's contractors. People are still people.
Fifty years ago tools didn't even come close to the tools contractors have now. Example: a perfect cut, compressor, foundation pour, nail gun, etc.
Materials being used now are much more advanced such as todays fire resistant insulation versus asbestos.
Structural engineering has advanced and many of the old designs and mistakes that are being seen in old houses are being corrected in new designs.
Older houses weren't held to the same inspection standards and safety regulations they are now.
The communities are being designed with walkability and central community shopping in mind. Communities are designed with feeder roads to major highways instead of the old grid system which are less safe with people cutting or speeding through.
Older communities don't have their utilities buried and wires are run aerially.
I appreciate that some on here like inner city living and there's nothing wrong with that, the mature tree's are one advantage. But saying your inner city house is so much better than a cookie cutter house is really just your opinion, and a tiring one at that.
/rant
|