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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What we need are more 3-4 bedroom apartments and condos, but zoning requirements make build them hard.  They typically need to be larger buildings with long main hallways with a set of stairs on either end for fire safety.  Instead we get lots of luxury 2 bedroom units since they are easy to build and accommodate in a structure.[/quote]

Part of this is that many families with children don't want to live in apartments. People want a house with a yard for their kids to play in and it is also more profitable to rent out smaller units. https://www.westgaterents.com/apartments/va/manassas/floor-plans#/
 Look at these apartments in Manassas for example. The monthly rent per sq. ft is the highest for a loft ($3.73 per sq. ft) and the lowest for a 3 bedroom (2.38 per sq. ft). There is clearly less demand for 3bd+ apartment units because families with children are less interested in them and most people prefer not to have roommates. If 3bd+ apartments were truly in high demand landlords would be able rent them for more money. Stair reform is not necessarily a bad idea (for buildings 5 stories or less), but I think this would predominately result in more 1 to 2 bd units. [/quote]

Booo friggin hooooooo.  You realize how many billions of people with families live in apartments their entire lives?  Once again, stupid entitlement mentality. [/quote]

Many of these countries have very low birth rates. So it seems to me that multifamily housing is just not very conducive to family life. We don’t want the US to become like South Korea with a TFR of 0.7. This will cause the country to collapse. So I think eliminating single family zoning is actually a terrible idea. [/quote]

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