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by gumballindie 898 days ago
The most expensive part of house is the land it’s built on. Remote work alleviates that. No surprise that landowners in large cities push for a return to office work, along with workers that have no desire for a life of their own.

Nonetheless wood houses are frowned upon in Europe. Except in the UK where housing is low quality overall anyway.
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balfirevic 898 days ago
> The most expensive part of house is the land it’s built on

No, not where I live.

> Remote work alleviates that.

Remote work doesn't change where I want to live, because I want to live where there are things to do, regardless of where I work.

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gumballindie 898 days ago
> Remote work doesn't change where I want to live

I dont care where you want to live. Those who want to live where land is affordable should be given the option.

Given that land is expensive where you want to live this type of house build wont solve your issue - might make it worse since people have said it’s more expensive to build.

If more people would be allowed to work where they can afford property then demand in your area may drop.

Meaning you could afford buying where you enjoy. But most human farm advocates demand others to work from farms, and there is the issue. It drives land prices up in such places.

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balfirevic 897 days ago
> I dont care where you want to live. Those who want to live where land is affordable should be given the option.

You seem to be arguing as if I disagree.

> Given that land is expensive where you want to live this type of house build wont solve your issue

No, actually, construction costs are enormous and that's the problem where I live. Building a house would be 3-4 times the cost of the land - and we're not talking about rural land but semi-urban near the second largest city in the country.

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