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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My town is filled with homes built [b]in the 1700 and 1800s. [/b]Mine is from 1940 and solid as a rock.

The junk from the ‘80s is tear down. Not the older stuff. [/quote]

Does anyone really want to live in a house built in the 1700's or 1800's?[/quote]

If you're more than about 5'8" tall those old houses are a royal pain. [/quote]

Which brings up a good point: old houses don't tend to get torn down because they've worn out, they get torn down because they're functionally obsolete. They no longer serve the function they're needed for, and the cost of modifying them is greater than the cost of tearing them down and starting over. Low ceilings, small rooms, steep stairs, no insulation -- these are things that are hard to fix in an existing house without major renovation. And renovating is more expensive than new construction because you're building a house with a house in the way.

And I'm sorry, it's a myth that houses were built better in the past. Houses are built at all quality levels at all times. Sure, the better-built ones survive. But the best-built houses today are superior to anything that has ever been built, because there are materials and techniques available today that just didn't exist in the past. Read about what's happening with building science, air barriers, vapor barriers, water management, ventilation --  none of that even existed 30 years ago. [/quote]

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