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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You want actual hardwood floors there's nothing stopping you from paying for them?

LVP costs $4 per square foot. Hardwood is $10 per square foot.[/quote]

And LVP is awful for the environment. If people rip it out, it’s even more wasteful. It’s so gross.[/quote]

Oh please. That's such an annoying classist thing to say. Are you saying the same to the wealthy folks who are tearing out perfectly serviceable kitchens in order to put in fancier stuff?
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Or even worse, tearing down perfectly good 50 year old homes to build their monstrosities.[/quote]

Yes, I also have concerns about people ripping out functional kitchens solely for cosmetic purposes or tearing down liveable homes just to put up something bigger.

Disliking vinyl is not classist. There are other greener, affordable options like cork, linoleum, and some types of carpet. I think a lot of people aren’t aware that it’s not good for the environment, so ultimately I blame flippers and the large rental buildings who seem to churn this stuff out more than the average consumer who is probably not as knowledgeable about flooring materials. This thread is about a flip, which is why I made this comment..

Also, I live in a smaller, older home and am repairing/replacing things as they break. No need to tear down and build a behemoth house. I find a lot of housing choices in our country to be wasteful and bad for the environment. [/quote]

I am the one who said that this was classist - and I agree that lots of housing choices are bad for the environment. [b]It just seems strange to single out LVP[/b] as the thing to harp on, in this tear out and throw out society. There are obvious reasons why people use it, and they may not be able to use cork or carpet, and I just cannot imagine who is putting lino into a flip when they have to appeal to as many people as possible.

Think of it this way - this was a good choice for the environment in the sense that no one tore down the house altogether, but just made some changes to an existing structure. 
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Isn’t this thread specifically about LVP and its common usage in flipped homes? Seems like an appropriate place to make a comment about it.[/quote]

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