tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post7416429012667197874..comments2024-02-11T01:14:21.904-08:00Comments on SURVIVING IN ARGENTINA: Question about Townhouse vs. HouseFerFALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07578136334334588454noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-38215309216656839132011-08-22T16:21:09.389-07:002011-08-22T16:21:09.389-07:00In a dense city, you can find standalone houses wi...In a dense city, you can find standalone houses with small yards, say 4000 sq ft (about .1 acre). Your neighbors are 20-30 ft away on either side and the nearest stores are mere blocks away. Most of these houses are set up as 2-3 family condos, where each family gets a floor, but there are single family homes to be had.<br /><br />It is not quite as dense as townhouses, but it's still dense enough to get all of the benefits of having neighbors within speaking distance.hsunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-71093701795030551352011-08-22T12:02:05.658-07:002011-08-22T12:02:05.658-07:00If built right, with heavy, acoustic and otherwise...If built right, with heavy, acoustic and otherwise, insulated dividing walls, town homes generally give more privacy than free standing homes of even remotely close density.<br /><br />Of course a free stander surrounded by 800 acres of forest is more private, but that is hardly apples to apples. The least private places you'll ever find, are the densely packed subdivisions that have been all the rage in the US over the last couple of decades. 6 feet between neighbors, yet still large windows facing each other. Both as pertains to living space, energy use, invasion security and privacy, putting the same amount of money into enclosing those 6 feet would yield a vast improvement. But people for some reason associate "free standing" with more valuable.<br /><br />One area where free standing does have some merit, is wrt fire protection. If one of your neighbors are sloppy with fire, you're better off if his house is not attached to yours. Ditto for termite and other pest invasions.Stukihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00729167033124570823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-12011675048817186662011-08-22T11:02:19.089-07:002011-08-22T11:02:19.089-07:00The stuff about to hit the fan is not necessarily ...The stuff about to hit the fan is not necessarily solid at the begining. It could well start as a fart getting slowly more and more dense. You only get accustomed to the growing stink.Pompompomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-13780394103612664112011-08-22T08:45:28.911-07:002011-08-22T08:45:28.911-07:00Just remember that crime happens everywhere. Apart...Just remember that crime happens everywhere. Apartments are broken into every single day in the US, as are stand alone houses and townhouses. <br /><br />But don't think that because a townhouse shares an area with other people it won't get broken into or else apartments would never get broken into. <br /><br />Break ins most often occur between 9am and 3pm as that is when most people are gone from home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-88599918508005137122011-08-22T06:06:19.792-07:002011-08-22T06:06:19.792-07:00I wonder if there really is a moment when it's...I wonder if there really is a moment when it's official that the SHTF. We're already seeing pretty bad food inflation, flash mobs, and terrible unemployment by US standards.<br /><br />Maybe things will just gradually get worse until one day, every one will look around and realize that the SHTF years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-15588381962590563702011-08-22T02:48:26.960-07:002011-08-22T02:48:26.960-07:00In my experience, Town Homes are robbed more often...In my experience, Town Homes are robbed more often.<br /><br />Your tactical reasoning is not flawed, it is just that the higher population density means that there is more likely to be a crackhead living in the area, and he is more likely to be living close to you.russell1200https://www.blogger.com/profile/16258915475311426433noreply@blogger.com