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by astrange 1051 days ago
Housing isn't expensive because it's grungy or not, it's expensive because the supply is less than the demand.

Some physical factors that might matter are underlying land value, single stair laws and similar things making building layout worse, how many 1br vs 3br units there are… not whether it looks old or not though.

You can't identify affordable (subsidized) housing from the outside in cities where it exists.