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Why do people buy those ticky-tacky houses all in a row?
Posted on 12/4/14 at 6:56 pm
Posted on 12/4/14 at 6:56 pm
It baffles me why people would buy a new house in a neighborhood where all the houses look the same, and most of them have the garage doors facing the street. I was on a street the other day that was so uniform I thought I was in a scene from A Wrinkle in Time.
To me the epitome of charm is Southdowns or University Acres.
So please enlighten me. What is the appeal of these soulless, poorly built, drone hives?
To me the epitome of charm is Southdowns or University Acres.
So please enlighten me. What is the appeal of these soulless, poorly built, drone hives?
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Posted on 12/4/14 at 6:57 pm to street pizza
Cheap
Posted on 12/4/14 at 6:58 pm to street pizza
I hate them. Truly, truly hate them. I don't care that other people live in them, but I don't want one. Trying to find a new house now and all I keep finding are these god awful cookie cutters. They cause an existential crisis for me. 
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:01 pm to street pizza
Bruh--you can score seven thousand square feet on a five thousand square foot lot for three hundred grand; what is not to like?
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:01 pm to street pizza
Now that you've found your paradise
This is your Kingdom to command
You can go outside and polish your car
Or sit by the fire in your Shangri-la
Here is your reward for working so hard
Gone are the lavatories in the back yard
Gone are the days when you dreamed of that car
You just want to sit in your Shangri-la
Put on your slippers and sit by the fire
You've reached your top and you just can't get any higher
You're in your place and you know where you are
In your Shangri-la
Sit back in your old rocking chair
You need not worry, you need not care
You can't go anywhere
Shangri-la, Shangri-la, Shangri-la
The little man who gets the train
Got a mortgage hanging over his head
But he's too scared to complain
'Cos he's conditioned that way
Time goes by and he pays off his debts
Got a TV set and a radio
For seven shillings a week
Shangri-la, Shangri-la, Shangri-la, Shangri-la, Shangri-la, Shangri-la
And all the houses in the street have got a name
'Cos all the houses in the street they look the same
Same chimney pots, same little cars, same window panes
The neighbors call to tell you things that you should know
They say their lines, they drink their tea, and then they go
They tell your business in another Shangri-la
The gas bills and the water rates, and payments on the car
Too scared to think about how insecure you are
Life ain't so happy in your little Shangri-la
Shangri-la, Shangri-la la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Put on your slippers and sit by the fire
You've reached your top and you just can't get any higher
You're in your place and you know where you are
In your Shangri-la
Sit back in your old rocking chair
You need not worry, you need not care
You can't go anywhere
Shangri-la, Shangri-la, Shangri-la, Shangri-la, Shangri-la, Shangri-la
This is your Kingdom to command
You can go outside and polish your car
Or sit by the fire in your Shangri-la
Here is your reward for working so hard
Gone are the lavatories in the back yard
Gone are the days when you dreamed of that car
You just want to sit in your Shangri-la
Put on your slippers and sit by the fire
You've reached your top and you just can't get any higher
You're in your place and you know where you are
In your Shangri-la
Sit back in your old rocking chair
You need not worry, you need not care
You can't go anywhere
Shangri-la, Shangri-la, Shangri-la
The little man who gets the train
Got a mortgage hanging over his head
But he's too scared to complain
'Cos he's conditioned that way
Time goes by and he pays off his debts
Got a TV set and a radio
For seven shillings a week
Shangri-la, Shangri-la, Shangri-la, Shangri-la, Shangri-la, Shangri-la
And all the houses in the street have got a name
'Cos all the houses in the street they look the same
Same chimney pots, same little cars, same window panes
The neighbors call to tell you things that you should know
They say their lines, they drink their tea, and then they go
They tell your business in another Shangri-la
The gas bills and the water rates, and payments on the car
Too scared to think about how insecure you are
Life ain't so happy in your little Shangri-la
Shangri-la, Shangri-la la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Put on your slippers and sit by the fire
You've reached your top and you just can't get any higher
You're in your place and you know where you are
In your Shangri-la
Sit back in your old rocking chair
You need not worry, you need not care
You can't go anywhere
Shangri-la, Shangri-la, Shangri-la, Shangri-la, Shangri-la, Shangri-la
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:03 pm to street pizza
Don't ever visit Florida if this bothers you.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:03 pm to street pizza
They are poor.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:04 pm to street pizza
And they pay for HOAs.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:05 pm to street pizza
smaller carbon footprint
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:10 pm to street pizza
This OP is less of a "gosh, why can't everyone afford to live in the most expensive and sought-after neighborhoods in town??" and more of a "look what great taste I think I have!"
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:11 pm to street pizza
Bang for buck.
Looked at several a couple years ago in the ~200-270 range that were in the cookie cutter mold. Hard to deny the ability to move in to a turn key house that you can pick all the inside amenities to your liking.
They make great starter homes or even retirement homes, but you just lose all the character.
Definite trade off.
Looked at several a couple years ago in the ~200-270 range that were in the cookie cutter mold. Hard to deny the ability to move in to a turn key house that you can pick all the inside amenities to your liking.
They make great starter homes or even retirement homes, but you just lose all the character.
Definite trade off.
This post was edited on 12/4/14 at 7:15 pm
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:12 pm to street pizza
Why do you think? They are fricking cheap!
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:13 pm to street pizza
quote:
So please enlighten me. What is the appeal of these soulless, poorly built, drone hives?
Starter homes and section 8.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:13 pm to street pizza
quote:
Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of ticky tacky, Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes all the same. There's a green one and a pink one And a blue one and a yellow one, And they're all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same. And the people in the houses All went to the university, Where they were put in boxes And they came out all the same, And there's doctors and lawyers, And business executives, And they're all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same. And they all play on the golf course And drink their martinis dry, And they all have pretty children And the children go to school, And the children go to summer camp And then to the university, Where they are put in boxes And they come out all the same. And the boys go into business And marry and raise a family In boxes made of ticky tacky And they all look just the same. There's a green one and a pink one And a blue one and a yellow one, And they're all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:13 pm to street pizza
Nothing I hate more that front facing garages
Eta: never mind. I forgot how much I hate gas burners filling up at the deisel pump. If you do this I hope you die
Eta: never mind. I forgot how much I hate gas burners filling up at the deisel pump. If you do this I hope you die
This post was edited on 12/4/14 at 7:16 pm
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:15 pm to street pizza
starter homes Mr. Rockefeller
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:16 pm to street pizza
I truly hate these too.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:24 pm to street pizza
We don't have that issue in New Orleans!
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:24 pm to street pizza
Maybe some people want to buy a house that's affordable to them. 
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:49 pm to street pizza
quote:
It baffles me why people would buy a new house in a neighborhood where all the houses look the same, and most of them have the garage doors facing the street. I was on a street the other day that was so uniform I thought I was in a scene from A Wrinkle in Time.
To me the epitome of charm is Southdowns or University Acres
agree with you on cheap-o cookie cutters, disagree that Southdowns is charming
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