Talk:Tract housing

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Tract housing evolved in the 1940s when the demand for cheap housing rocketed after World War II. Economies of scale meant that large numbers of identical homes could be built faster and more cheaply to fulfil the increased demand. Developers would purchase a dozen or more adjacent lots and conduct the building construction as an assembly-line process. This type of development is often criticised by city planners and architects because it overlooks the concept of community building, instead creating a homogeneous residential neighborhood with no local employment, commerce, services, or attractions.

This aerial photograph shows tract housing in the suburbs of Markham, a city in Ontario, Canada.Photograph credit: Ian Duke; edited by Eric Gaba

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Damn! That pic creeps me out. The least they could do is change the colors. 198.237.142.5 17:16, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

"In spite of this mocking, ever-increasing numbers of Americans choose to reside in tract homes, including single-family, townhomes, even multi-unit condos and apartments built on the same priciples."

What, did a developer write this or something? Can I point out that tract homes are virtually the ONLY "choice" a lot of people have these days? Our population is increasing. Almost ALL new development is tract home suburbia. Revitalizing actual cities is still a young concept and even in places where you are able to move to a real city, doing so is very expensive and beyond peoples' reach. I live in suburbia but I sure as hell wouldn't call living in a suburb or going broke a "choice."

Why tract?

Is it because they are built along a tract (road)? Maikel 10:57, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

No, tract is this case refers to a tract of land. A developer acquires a tract of land and develops in along the lines discussed in the article.Wschart (talk) 01:00, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

More historic examples

You might want to add some historic housing projects in Europe, like

the "Fuggerei" in Augsburg from the 15th century (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuggerei)

the "Nyboder" houses in Copenhagen 1631-1795 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyboder)

the 1930 "Laubenganghäuser" in Dessau, Germany, Bauhaus-style (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus_Dessau#Siedlung_T.C3.B6rten_und_Laubengangh.C3.A4user – German site)

Further http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Mallaun#Dornbirn

"Semirurali" Bolzano-Bozen http://www.tecneum.eu/index.php?option=com_tecneum&task=object&id=509 with impressive arial picture http://www.tecneum.eu/index.php?option=com_tecneum&task=object&id=509#, historic view of a house http://www.tecneum.eu/images/stories/objects/thumbs/semirurali.jpg and http://www.tecneum.eu/images/stories/objects/thumbs/semirurali%20-%20aufbau%20u%20gesamtplan.jpg (The site is availabe in Italian and German only).

Fritz Jörn (talk) 03:57, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

comparison

Economies of scale meant that large numbers of identical homes could be built faster and more cheaply to fulfil the growing demand.

Faster and more cheaply than what? —Tamfang (talk) 16:43, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Statistix

(As a non-american..) It would be cool if the article explained what (approximate) percentage for example of the US's total residential area consists of these type of housing. - Joaquin89uy (talk) 03:02, 30 May 2022 (UTC)