Technology: The Anti-Housing Solution
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:33 pmFar from me to sit back and let this site go dormant because what is new , is now old, for some.
Here is an interesting perspective I have not yet seen, and there is merit to it:
http://www.wired.com/science/space/maga ... 1/st_essay
Home Sweet Gadget: How Our Technolust Helped Bring Down the Housing Market
"...When this bust eventually ends and carpenters resume putting hammer to nail, consumers would be better served if the industry explored and embraced ways to make homes easier to upgrade to accommodate tomorrow's technology. "Buildings really should last hundreds of years," MIT's Larson says. "But the only way they can is if they're agile enough to adapt." Maybe that will quell people's desire for a six-bedroom McMansion out in the exurbs. And for building another one after that."
Here is an interesting perspective I have not yet seen, and there is merit to it:
http://www.wired.com/science/space/maga ... 1/st_essay
Home Sweet Gadget: How Our Technolust Helped Bring Down the Housing Market
"...When this bust eventually ends and carpenters resume putting hammer to nail, consumers would be better served if the industry explored and embraced ways to make homes easier to upgrade to accommodate tomorrow's technology. "Buildings really should last hundreds of years," MIT's Larson says. "But the only way they can is if they're agile enough to adapt." Maybe that will quell people's desire for a six-bedroom McMansion out in the exurbs. And for building another one after that."