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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
Yes. Neighbourhoods of identical cookie cutter houses depress the crap out of me.
All of the old neighbourhoods started out like that, but the time component had people change their houses, others knocking down and rebuilding and most importantly all the trees and greenery that get killed by construction and leave you starting over.
I personally like old houses to live in because I enjoy all of the old-timey stuff for some reason. I also like living in a neighbourhood with a diverse mix of scenery, styles and mature greenery.
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You'll also find that the build quality of stuff pre-1980s is often better than a newer home. You may be better off spending $150-200k renovating an older home than buying a newer build.
That being said, there is a ton of stuff built between 1980 and the early 2000s that is absolute garbage.