Comments on: How the Other Half Lives On: The Abandoned Halves of Paired Townhouses http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/17/how-the-other-half-lives-on-the-abandoned-halves-of-paired-townhouses/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:07:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: hoobyjuice http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/17/how-the-other-half-lives-on-the-abandoned-halves-of-paired-townhouses/comment-page-1/#comment-1576831 hoobyjuice Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:42:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23397#comment-1576831 sounds like an opportunity for adverse possession! sounds like an opportunity for adverse possession!

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/17/how-the-other-half-lives-on-the-abandoned-halves-of-paired-townhouses/comment-page-1/#comment-1576330 ted Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:17:37 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23397#comment-1576330 No, Miss Cellania. A duplex is originally one house, but split into two separate dwellings. These would be called semi-detached. No, Miss Cellania. A duplex is originally one house, but split into two separate dwellings. These would be called semi-detached.

]]> By: Gail Pink http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/17/how-the-other-half-lives-on-the-abandoned-halves-of-paired-townhouses/comment-page-1/#comment-1575494 Gail Pink Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:03:31 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23397#comment-1575494 @ Non- agree completely. @ Non- agree completely.

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/17/how-the-other-half-lives-on-the-abandoned-halves-of-paired-townhouses/comment-page-1/#comment-1574963 Miss Cellania Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:40:11 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23397#comment-1574963 Where I come from, these are called duplexes. Does no one use that term anymore? Where I come from, these are called duplexes. Does no one use that term anymore?

]]> By: Polx http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/17/how-the-other-half-lives-on-the-abandoned-halves-of-paired-townhouses/comment-page-1/#comment-1574842 Polx Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:39:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23397#comment-1574842 That first one looks like Baltimore. Of course my understanding of that city is totally from The Wire. That first one looks like Baltimore.

Of course my understanding of that city is totally from The Wire.

]]> By: Non http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/17/how-the-other-half-lives-on-the-abandoned-halves-of-paired-townhouses/comment-page-1/#comment-1574665 Non Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:17:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23397#comment-1574665 If I lived in the good half of one of these houses, I'd break down a wall and use that other half if nobody was in it, then just pretend like it was always that way. :P If I lived in the good half of one of these houses, I'd break down a wall and use that other half if nobody was in it, then just pretend like it was always that way. :P

]]> By: Sadie http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/17/how-the-other-half-lives-on-the-abandoned-halves-of-paired-townhouses/comment-page-1/#comment-1573928 Sadie Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:46:49 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23397#comment-1573928 I know nothing about architecture (all I know is what lincoln logs taught me). Wouldn't the whole structure come down in one half was removed or rotting? Surely it can't be stable. I know nothing about architecture (all I know is what lincoln logs taught me). Wouldn't the whole structure come down in one half was removed or rotting? Surely it can't be stable.

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/17/how-the-other-half-lives-on-the-abandoned-halves-of-paired-townhouses/comment-page-1/#comment-1573846 Alex Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:02:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23397#comment-1573846 Child labor, Skipweasel? Just kidding - it looks great! Child labor, Skipweasel?

Just kidding - it looks great!

]]> By: felixthecat http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/17/how-the-other-half-lives-on-the-abandoned-halves-of-paired-townhouses/comment-page-1/#comment-1573731 felixthecat Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:04:08 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23397#comment-1573731 I'd be more worried about the bums and druggies in the other half. Not that rats are ideal neighbors. I'd be more worried about the bums and druggies in the other half. Not that rats are ideal neighbors.

]]> By: Skipweasel http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/17/how-the-other-half-lives-on-the-abandoned-halves-of-paired-townhouses/comment-page-1/#comment-1573554 Skipweasel Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:29:09 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23397#comment-1573554 Sometimes it goes the other way - our front garden was a mess until last year. I'd been busy doing other things in other bits of the house and it was getting embarassingly awful. So we fixed it... http://www.skipweasel.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/garden/ Sometimes it goes the other way - our front garden was a mess until last year. I'd been busy doing other things in other bits of the house and it was getting embarassingly awful. So we fixed it...
http://www.skipweasel.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/garden/

]]> By: marishka http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/17/how-the-other-half-lives-on-the-abandoned-halves-of-paired-townhouses/comment-page-1/#comment-1573542 marishka Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:25:23 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23397#comment-1573542 I'd be kinda pissed about the rats in the nasty half trying to take up residence in my neat half! I'd be kinda pissed about the rats in the nasty half trying to take up residence in my neat half!

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/17/how-the-other-half-lives-on-the-abandoned-halves-of-paired-townhouses/comment-page-1/#comment-1573469 Alex Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:51:32 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23397#comment-1573469 The one that's burnt is interesting. The whole set is kind of like neighboring lawns I've seen in many places - one side green and manicured, the other side is dry and dead. Perhaps the better thing to do is sell the other half to the existing owner cheap. The one that's burnt is interesting. The whole set is kind of like neighboring lawns I've seen in many places - one side green and manicured, the other side is dry and dead.

Perhaps the better thing to do is sell the other half to the existing owner cheap.

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