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re: Cookie Cutter Subdivisions
Posted on 5/27/21 at 4:14 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 5/27/21 at 4:14 pm to SaintlyTiger88
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I don’t know about other places, but here in the Lafayette area, new subdivisions are popping up everywhere. Problem is, all the houses in these subdivisions look mostly the same. Boring, unoriginal, cookie cutter houses. None of them stand out from the others. I don’t know much about developing subdivisions, but for those who do, why is this the case?
Been like this since 2002 brutha.
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Posted on 5/27/21 at 4:20 pm to Bronson2017
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But like you it’s just so bland and I’m tempted to move out sooner when (if) this market calms tf down.
The one I'm in has no trees other than a few small ones that just got planted. It's awful. You never realize how much character trees add to a subdivision til you live in one without them.
This post was edited on 5/27/21 at 4:23 pm
Posted on 5/27/21 at 4:29 pm to tigerinthebueche
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Because they’re cheap houses that are going to be sold to someone who shouldn't be buying them, foreclosed on within a year, sold to an investor at the Sheriffs sale and rented out to some trashy ghetto people that cause the rest of the home owners to sell to investors and move out.
ftfy
Posted on 5/27/21 at 4:30 pm to LSUTigerFan247
It's one of the reasons we bought an older home. My wife hates the cookie cutter houses with a garage in the front. No offense intended if you live in one, just personal preference.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 4:32 pm to Jim Rockford
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When Kade is staggering home from his double shift, he just has to look for the third Acadian cottage from the corner. When Jody comes to see Mackenzie after Kade leaves for work, he just has to look for the third Acadian cottage from the corner. Whe Kayleigh is picking up Braxxtyn for the travel ball carpool, she just has to look for the third Acadian cottage from the corner. Simplifies life for everybody.
But doesn't Kaoss get confused when he's done mauling babies and it's time to return to his owner? Or do the cottages at least smell different to a dog?
Posted on 5/27/21 at 4:38 pm to Potchafa
quote:Which is why we bought a cookie cutter house in a new development in the middle of Baton Rouge. Our kids are grown, we didn't want the continued hassle of a big empty house and a big yard. And we sure as hell don't want to spend a quarter of our day sitting in traffic driving back and forth from the city and country. And I really don't give a shite if every sixth house looks like mine.
For what most people pay, they could move a little ways out of town, have some land and more house!
As others have said, this has been the American way since WW2. Great starter homes, great homes for empty nesters, in-between you can go ahead and buy your big family home and spend your weekends mowing a huge lawn.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 4:39 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Keep my cul de sacs name outcha mouth.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 4:49 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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we bought a cookie cutter house in a new development in the middle of Baton Rouge.
Did you buy a house in Rouzan by Sprouts?
Which design did you choose? ... The Bardot, Fleur, Chloe?
Posted on 5/27/21 at 4:55 pm to SaintlyTiger88
So when is the tsunami of defaults coming?
Because quite frankly building houses and spaces people don’t care about means people will ultimately not care enough to finish paying for them.
Because quite frankly building houses and spaces people don’t care about means people will ultimately not care enough to finish paying for them.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 5:02 pm to armsdealer
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The worst part about new subdivisions is a tie from them being right on top of each other or no parking for cars much less a boat or something.
That's my biggest issue. The streets are always super narrow and the driveways so short that any sidewalks are unusable because they're blocked.
The other issue is that since the land is clear cut, there are no trees.
I saw one neighborhood where the mailboxes are all at the front of the neighborhood. No different than an apartment complex.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 5:24 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Because 5 floor plans where the garage location flips or the facade changes slightly is easier to dial in, build, and track cost.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 6:00 pm to USMEagles
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1950s-era subdivision and the houses are pretty well-varied
? Those houses in my area are always a big rectangle with a hip roof and 4 foot overhang, carport on one side and a small front porch. Where do you live?
Posted on 5/27/21 at 6:26 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I lived in one 30 years ago and they had something like 6 different house layouts and would build one style with the garage on the left, the other with the garage on the right and just flip the layout. Boring as hell looking at all those houses with hardly any real distinction other than landscaping.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 6:43 pm to Shanegolang
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? Those houses in my area are always a big rectangle with a hip roof and 4 foot overhang, carport on one side and a small front porch. Where do you live?
I live in Decatur, GA.
I'm not sure the subdivision was built all at once. The house across the street from me looks like a mid-1960s design at the earliest, which would make it at least 5-10 years newer than mine. It's also pretty damn big.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 7:35 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Back in the pre-Waze days, I lived for a few months in Riverside, CA. You ain’t seen cookie cutter until you see those neighborhoods. Plenty of nights I came home 4AM drunk/high and tried 2 or 3 driveways before locating mine.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 7:42 pm to SaintlyTiger88
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here in the Lafayette area, new subdivisions are popping up everywhere. Problem is, all the houses in these subdivisions look mostly the same.
Meanwhile....in Chicago.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 7:48 pm to SaintlyTiger88
The insides of these new style homes are nice and everything but I can't deal with those neighborhoods. I also can't deal with having a front-facing garage unless I'm in an urbanish area. I don't see the point in living on top of each other if you still have to drive 45 minutes each way to work.
Then, aside from a lack of character, there's the lack of mature trees..
Then, aside from a lack of character, there's the lack of mature trees..
Posted on 5/27/21 at 7:50 pm to dewster
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Meanwhile....in Chicago
You are comparing far-flung isolated suburbs to dense urban areas where people can walk to a bar, walk to school, take a train to work, etc.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 7:51 pm to Blaeke
I halfway agree with you. There are some tried and true aspects of urban living that are value-add (IMO), like walkability, better parks (sometimes), proximity of eclectic shops and restaurants, etc. But cities that grow rapidly definitely see the urban homogenization you described.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 7:53 pm to Potchafa
I don’t really want cookie cutter living, but I don’t mind it either as long as it’s high qualify. I’m not particularly interested in more house or land.
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