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Originally Posted by mousquet
^  I'll second that, something must be done about those remarkably convenient names.
That said, sooner or later, Paris will count more 20 arrondissements. It's very likely, so they may have to eventually change the name of those condos too, though I'm sure most Parisians would feel flattered by that name.
BTW what's so special about condos? that term is specific to North America, but I guess the concept itself has been pretty much anywhere for long, if not for centuries maybe.  I don't know. |
In North America, it has been quite rare actually to own an apartment until recent times. The vast majority of apartments were rentals, and home ownership was usually only by those who owned stand alone houses or townhouses. This, I think, is part of what contributed to the boom of suburbs in North America. Economic conditions changed so that many people wanted to become owners, not renters, and there wasn't as a much of a culture or model for that happening successfully in the inner cities aside from a few rowhouse neighbourhoods, so people tried to build the sorts of homes they used to own in the countryside.