>>Speaking as someone who has lived in a motel for a year now, I think the world would be a better place if there was a revival of apartment hotels. Preferably affordable ones.<<
I agree, that would help a lot.
We've enjoyed staying at long-stay business hotels, because they cater to businessmen during the week which means you can get a whole suite for a weekend cheaper than a single room at a regular hotel.
>> (The Wikipedia article really doesn't give a good sense of how mainstream a housing solution this was in the mid-twentieth century.) <<
That and boarding houses used to be the norm for single people. Then society got in a snit about it, and manufactured a massive housing crisis, then whined about all the homeless people on the streets and adult children still living with parents. 0_o
>>But would be nice if governments recognized this fact, and accepted a motel/hotel address as a permanent address.<<
I agree.
You should prompt for this, and it would be a perfect fit for Tuesday's fishbowl theme of "Brands, Products, and Services We Wish Existed." I've been thinking that in Terramagne, a small town with a housing problem could just hold a town meeting and decide to fix things standing in the way of necessary housing. Turn the old hotel into an apartment building. Reopen the boarding house. Delete all the zoning laws that prevent people from renting out a spare room, putting in a garage apartment, etc.
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Date: 2024-03-03 10:51 pm (UTC)I agree, that would help a lot.
We've enjoyed staying at long-stay business hotels, because they cater to businessmen during the week which means you can get a whole suite for a weekend cheaper than a single room at a regular hotel.
>> (The Wikipedia article really doesn't give a good sense of how mainstream a housing solution this was in the mid-twentieth century.) <<
That and boarding houses used to be the norm for single people. Then society got in a snit about it, and manufactured a massive housing crisis, then whined about all the homeless people on the streets and adult children still living with parents. 0_o
>>But would be nice if governments recognized this fact, and accepted a motel/hotel address as a permanent address.<<
I agree.
You should prompt for this, and it would be a perfect fit for Tuesday's fishbowl theme of "Brands, Products, and Services We Wish Existed." I've been thinking that in Terramagne, a small town with a housing problem could just hold a town meeting and decide to fix things standing in the way of necessary housing. Turn the old hotel into an apartment building. Reopen the boarding house. Delete all the zoning laws that prevent people from renting out a spare room, putting in a garage apartment, etc.