February 27, 2023· 42 min

Why We Don't Build More Apartments for Families

Orality

Model

74%

Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,764 words)

M:94%

HostTracy Alloway(1,018 words)

M:94%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic26%

literally, completely, totally

Engagement68%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, now, like

Repetition100%

like (139x), know (89x), it's (60x)

Parallelism83%

And I'm Tracy Alloway...., And I asked the question, like..., And as a you know, I have, two...

Sound Patterns76%

68 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases2%

i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging8%

quite, maybe, rather

Passive Voice6%

are geared, are designed, are incentivized

Abstract Nouns14%

investment, recommendation, question

Subordination9%

because, unless, since

Sentence Length37%

Avg: 14.3 words/sentence

Word Complexity46%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers0%

Impersonal Style32%

609 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style100%

literally, completely, family

Description

The vast majority of urban apartments in the US are geared towards single occupants, couples without kids or maybe young professionals with roommates. It's hard to find apartments with the kind of layout that would fit families. Anyone who's gone looking for that type of space is probably familiar with bedrooms that look and feel like closets, or if you do find an apartment that has multiple good-sized bedrooms, it probably costs a fortune. So why is this the case? Why is so much apartment construction skewed towards non-families, and why does there seem to be an inherent assumption in the real estate market that families will always want to live in houses out in the suburbs? On this episode of the Odd Lots podcast, we explore the hidden incentives and regulations that deter builders from making more family-friendly buildings. We speak with real estate developer Bobby Fijan, and also Stephen Jacob Smith, executive director at the Center for Building in North America, for their perspective. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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