Can we end this stupid cozy cottagecore primitive barbaric stupidity already?

Imagine if the space used to house two families was used to house several people instead, with recreational areas, shared terraces, private terraces, and a place to keep stupid cars off the street when they’re not used.

That would be bad, actually. The land should have two houses, each with a patch of grass to continue some literally primitive trend of having non-producing land to show off wealth. You’re not rich, you literally can’t afford fixing your heater without going a week without eating or risking losing your house or job altogether. We aren’t farming on our land either. What is the point of this stupid grass that needs to be maintained?

And despite “privacy” being a selling point, the houses are so close that you need to choose between being watched or having sunlight. If your neighbor smokes, you will as well regardless of whether you like it or not, unless you want to wear a gas mask or something. And if they throw a party with music so loud you can’t hear anything in your house even with headphones, then you’ll just need to wait until it’s over to sleep or watch TV. You better not take out trash or order food during that party, because no one will move out the way for you, and the party animals will steal your order. Unless you want to try fighting high or drunk teenagers who were playing with tiki torches and sparklers.

You see, living in an apartment with actual walls between the residences and rules against smoke and excessive noise can’t ever be comfortable. And having so many apartments available won’t keep the prices down either! You’re supposed to bankrupt yourself on a house you settled for while repairing something else every two weeks to keep it habitable. You’re supposed to have trash pile up when you’re scheduled for mandatory overtime and you leave too early to take out the trash and return too late as the truck already left for consecutive weeks. You’re supposed to lose your house in a natural disaster or a fire caused by a teenager throwing their still burning joint on your lawn. You’re supposed to make $55,000 a year and still struggle to get by. And you’re supposed to enjoy it. This is happy. This is cozy.

If houses became apartments, there were more jobs in the area, and everyone got around by walking or biking, the population actually will be happier. Bike broke? No problem, walk, work a week, get a new one. Car broke? You are now on the slippery slope that leads to homelessness. Happy!

Luxury condominiums are way better than “luxury houses” anyway, but sure yeah you really need to protect your homestead with a gun like you’re in a cheesy black and white film. We say fuck cars, cars ruin cities, but where are the people saying fuck houses?