Post B0Glc85aRYv8de0MAS by grootinside@troet.cafe
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(DIR) Post #B0Gji2fZJ569euWhhg by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-15T12:00:31Z
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My students were doing a project where they had to write how they would spend a million dollars in French. "Mrs. * how much does a big mansion cost?""Where is it?""In NYC.""Ten million dollars."(grumbling disappointed sounds)"What about in a normal city?""In a suburb? I guess like half a million, you did say you wanted a 'mansion'"(grumbling)"How much would the school cost?""It's not for sale.""My dad says everything is for sale for the right price.""I don't know like 30 million?"
(DIR) Post #B0GjoC3VK3d0VTehPM by promovicz@chaos.social
2025-11-15T12:01:36Z
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@futurebird .o(a whole school is a very big pet)
(DIR) Post #B0Gjt5Wj1W2VhqeoWO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-15T12:02:32Z
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@promovicz Yeah the school would be too huge converted to a residence. They did eventually figure out what a condo was. But also decided to live in Yonkers which made me very sad.
(DIR) Post #B0GjtvFUip9c7Szmsq by adriano@lile.cl
2025-11-15T12:02:33Z
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@futurebird “also your dad is ‘un cochon’, as they’d say”
(DIR) Post #B0Gk8nR43QFGELV2vI by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-15T12:05:22Z
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"A million dollars is a lot less money than I thought.""Yeah... and yet it still is a lot of money at the same time."
(DIR) Post #B0GkDzmpYoyzz69yYS by Bumblefish@mastodon.scot
2025-11-15T12:06:17Z
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@futurebird I remember that skit from grade 8 French class clearly. Monsieur Le Blanc! Nous sommes riches! Nous sommes millionaires!
(DIR) Post #B0GkIlZxoMZJMuPsau by promovicz@chaos.social
2025-11-15T12:07:09Z
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@futurebird Maybe, a collective residence? I have some friends who live in a large repurposed building complex. It gives you lots of freedoms, if you can make it work - socially, financially and so on.
(DIR) Post #B0GkpQFm7WdgmhXqlc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-15T12:13:04Z
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It was a really interesting conversation. Kids who grow up in NYC are impressed with "lots of rooms" in a way that I have trouble relating to. Yeah... you have a "rec room" but it's far away from everything. But, it also takes less to impress them. When we noticed that some "mansions" had 5 bedrooms (not that many for a suburban mansion at all) they thought it was "too many rooms"
(DIR) Post #B0Gl8UyInoa2v5T6H2 by grootinside@troet.cafe
2025-11-15T12:16:27Z
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@futurebird You guys in the states have *no idea* how privileged you are with all that space you are used to.
(DIR) Post #B0GlCYSnlH7IuMfVA0 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-15T12:17:15Z
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@grootinside People in cities do not have a lot of space. If you want space you must have a car.
(DIR) Post #B0Glc85aRYv8de0MAS by grootinside@troet.cafe
2025-11-15T12:21:52Z
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@futurebird Would be curious what "not have a lot of space" actually means. Seriously.There is a lot of cliche about "normal"/average size even of apartments bc. of tv shows, movies etc.What's the average regarding the size of an apartment?
(DIR) Post #B0GlsgRMUhyBoI5EYK by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-15T12:24:50Z
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@grootinside If your living space has a bedroom for each person and one bathroom for each three people that is "a lot of space" most other Americans would call that "bare minimum" but that's my dividing line. If you have extra rooms beyond this that's "too much" in my view.
(DIR) Post #B0GlzdU5snFQfZg09I by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-15T12:26:07Z
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@rhempel It was not my assignment. I don't teach or know much French. They were just talking to me during study hall and I love to find out how they see the world.
(DIR) Post #B0GmdlYNIkzxHKoYF6 by grootinside@troet.cafe
2025-11-15T12:33:21Z
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@futurebird I'd say the usual flat of a family here in europe has one bathroom, one bedroom for the parents, one for the kids and a living room. Anything more is already a sign of wealth above average (here in germany). Not to mention the size of a flat altogether.
(DIR) Post #B0GnNaubCNqday3uoS by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-15T12:41:39Z
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@grootinside I've lived in London and the size of apartment there was very similar to NYC ... the prices too. It was kind of identical. Though, maybe NYC is a little smaller.
(DIR) Post #B0GpfTJuMaWRAdYKS8 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-15T13:07:18Z
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@Wyatt_H_Knott @grootinside Why do people want to have to heat, cool, vacuum, and put up with all that. I don't really get it. If someone offered me a "free extra room" for my apartment I'd say no if I'm honest. It's big enough and keeping it all nice is enough work.
(DIR) Post #B0GrauvWUjX3Ff6Qee by grootinside@troet.cafe
2025-11-15T13:28:51Z
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@futurebird @Wyatt_H_Knott The whole point (my pov) is the influence architecture has on the mindsets of people.i lived (as a single) in (singleroom)flats of about 30m² up to a Loft like place (with alot of light) of about 140m².As an old saying from Berlin goes:"You can kill a person with an apartment just as well as with an axe!"Achitecture(besides townplanning) is setting minds!So having a lot of personal space is a privilege one is usually not appreciating enough. impov
(DIR) Post #B0H77xGaJbpPNQAL20 by PizzaDemon@mastodon.online
2025-11-15T16:22:52Z
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@futurebird maybe more. In Portland, we're up to $37 to $41M for a building that's going to be a supplement to primary education. https://www.wweek.com/news/schools/2025/11/14/center-for-black-student-excellence-may-need-to-keep-classrooms-off-upper-floors-of-chosen-building/