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Tay Zonday
@tayzonday
This is fair criticism. Supply-hoarding and anti-construction hysteria burn the wick at both ends. NIMBY (Not-In-My-Backyard)-ism is complex. For me, apartment construction is not sensory-isolated enough. 20% more construction money should be spent on: +Double-studded walls +Double drywall layers with green glue between +Solid core doors +Mass loaded vinyl between floors +Triple-pane-windows This would massively reduce sound transmission. Terrible, penny-pinching buildings are often why I don’t want to be around other people more than the actual people. There are also many adults aged 18-54 who like peace and quiet, so they’d mix fine with 55+ housing. NIMBY-ism and construction aversion can be reduced by— +Better sorting of the population by high-density residential preference +Better high-density building design People with vocal dogs, children and loud party hosting desires don’t HAVE to mix with seniors and sensitive adults. Sensory segregation is GREAT public policy.
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Shoddily constructed housing is beyond evil. Anyone who purposely builds thin walled, acoustically ignorant apartment complexes deserves a fate similar to the defendants in the Nuremberg trials.
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Tay Zonday
@tayzonday
Every time I see a new apartment being built, I swear they just raided Home Depot for 2x4s and plywood. I built better forts as a child. I once moved into a brand new 300+ unit apartment building (first resident of my unit) and when they make you document damage/mistakes— I sent a 70-item list of blemishes and other errors with photographs.
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I kinda think that's the case too, considering how warped some of that shit is. When I was in art school, I always had to be extremely careful when going to a regular hardware store for wood for my projects(my side hustle was making artist panels to pay for food while my classmates got to make cool shit with unlimited budgets and scholarships they didn't need because they had $40k in their checking accounts from daddy).
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They’ll get you with that stuff too, yeah, dings in the walls and countertop issues. But the noise pollution part I still find to be the worst. I think there are so many n order effects of noise pollution we haven’t even grasped or researched thoroughly as a society. Have you seen all the health issues for those Texans who live in towns and villages where people have started Bitcoin mining operations nearby?
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