• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I work in the development department of a city that’s and enclave for the ultra-rich. Literally every household in the city is millionaires or better.

    Every house in the city is unique. Every build site requires civil and structural engineering. Every home has an architect designing it to be a unique structure. The average new build here is 8-10 million dollars, with the big ones being 50 million+.

    We’re talking tennis pavilions on the roof, indoor arboretums and galleries, the works.

    And they’re all built cheaply and fall apart within a decade.

    They’re shitty houses, but when people are dropping 8-figures on them, they can afford to drop a couple million more on a remodel every 5-10 years.

    You can’t buy a quality house anymore.