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cohray2212 t1_j1zmj5k wrote

Reply to comment by xHUCx in Vermont lawmakers aim to make housing more available and affordable by dropkickninja

Williston is going for the Soviet era building method of just having a single architect design an apartment complex they build 200 times and an office building they build 200 times.

It looks like a newer version of THIS

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xHUCx t1_j1zohqk wrote

I lived at finny for about 5 years. Theyre nice apartments in a nice neighborhood. In guesing you probably havnt walked around there because all of the 5 or so developments there have a unique look and feel.

The bigger problem with them is affordability. For the space they are very expensive

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cohray2212 t1_j1zuxe1 wrote

I used to live in Williston, too, for about 15 years. I'm just not used to that level of development so my opinion is probably more cynical. IMO it's closer to Soviet planning than anything historically present in Vermont. Those brick office buildings being built by 89 in Williston are a great example of what I'm talking about. It's the same drab building and Williston has now built it over 20 times. The apartment complexes surrounding Home2 are the same as well. Give Williston 30 years and those apartments will look like THIS

They are hideous but very practical. It's painfully obvious we've lost control of our housing economy and are desperately trying to keep up with demand. Hard not to draw a parallel to Soviet city planning.

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No-Ganache7168 t1_j217k38 wrote

Maybe it's a thing in Vermont. Here in Lamoille County it seems the same architect who gets his inspiration from low-budget 1990s motels is designing a lot of the new rental properties. I would imagine it's more affordable to building non-descript box-like buildings than ones with interesting architectural details.

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Prohamen t1_j20y5at wrote

yeah that is dope, i like shit like that

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