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Against Open Floorplans?

Some people live in a pod, some people don't; all of us need appropriate housing

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Addison Del Mastro
Jan 20, 2026
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I came across this thought-provoking piece, “The Apartment Problem,” from Eric Erins, and I wanted to share and bounce off of it. It raises a question that’s a little less discussed in housing circles: not the aesthetics of new construction, really, but the design of the floorplans and how people inhabit/live in them in an everyday sense.

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