I agree the floor is way too high. Of course we don't want 100% 300 square foot studios with no kitchens, but we also don't want 100% single family houses. We need everything in between and for it to be priced accordingly. Having a pricepoint for everyone is a good thing. That's the problem with simple expressed truisms is they get misapplied and end up distorting everything.
I've been an advocate for the no-kitchen thing, it was common in Hong Kong and Singapore much more recently (where the culture of going out to hawker centres for food is still widespread). These are also places where pre-air-con the last thing you'd want is every apartment in a building to be cooking!
I also lived for a time in one of the old women's hotels in New York where there was a dining room. It was easy and economical.
Agree with you on the minimum not meaning "everyone gets that" but simply pricing some people out altogether.
I agree the floor is way too high. Of course we don't want 100% 300 square foot studios with no kitchens, but we also don't want 100% single family houses. We need everything in between and for it to be priced accordingly. Having a pricepoint for everyone is a good thing. That's the problem with simple expressed truisms is they get misapplied and end up distorting everything.
I've been an advocate for the no-kitchen thing, it was common in Hong Kong and Singapore much more recently (where the culture of going out to hawker centres for food is still widespread). These are also places where pre-air-con the last thing you'd want is every apartment in a building to be cooking!
I also lived for a time in one of the old women's hotels in New York where there was a dining room. It was easy and economical.
Agree with you on the minimum not meaning "everyone gets that" but simply pricing some people out altogether.