Not just for you, but for anyone else (coming in after some other comments, so trying to add more thoughts to the convo):
I think the image demonstrates two problems that feed on each other.
The first is to notice how much land is used for cars and parking lots, when it could be used for housing or something useful. Presumably that red line shows the same amount of distance in both photos.
But then on top of that, it’s literally cheaper to live in the sparser area. So the area on the right not only has more housing but has four times the cost of that housing.
Since free parking is literally a cost put on society as a whole, and because things like plumbing and electricity cost less on a per household basis in denser environments, this means that the image on the right is subsidizing the image on the left, heavily in fact, if they were in the same city.
It literally costs less to live in a denser neighborhood on a per person/hosehold basis, but the costs there are higher anyway.
Commi blocks are definitely the like premiere reference point for dense living with amenities.
But of course the USSR at the time was doing what it needed to do to house as many people as it could. It’s not that literally every single home has to be in that style. But it is true that big single-family homes on big lots are subsidized, So, in a better world, houses like that would certainly still cost a lot.
Not just for you, but for anyone else (coming in after some other comments, so trying to add more thoughts to the convo):
I think the image demonstrates two problems that feed on each other.
The first is to notice how much land is used for cars and parking lots, when it could be used for housing or something useful. Presumably that red line shows the same amount of distance in both photos.
But then on top of that, it’s literally cheaper to live in the sparser area. So the area on the right not only has more housing but has four times the cost of that housing.
Since free parking is literally a cost put on society as a whole, and because things like plumbing and electricity cost less on a per household basis in denser environments, this means that the image on the right is subsidizing the image on the left, heavily in fact, if they were in the same city.
It literally costs less to live in a denser neighborhood on a per person/hosehold basis, but the costs there are higher anyway.
Wait, wouldn’t commieblocks be the perfect solution to this though?
Then again; they’re considered the affordable, walkable and family-friendly options in most post-bloc countries.
Commi blocks are definitely the like premiere reference point for dense living with amenities.
But of course the USSR at the time was doing what it needed to do to house as many people as it could. It’s not that literally every single home has to be in that style. But it is true that big single-family homes on big lots are subsidized, So, in a better world, houses like that would certainly still cost a lot.