New Japanese architecture

[Emiliano]

That's very beautiful. It's in New York City, right? I like that type of architecture as well. I've only ever seen them in the movies and on pictures, but from what I've seen such houses look really stately and elegant. I like those qualities a lot.

What is that particular style called in the US?


PS. Has anybody ever told you you can be really annoying with your brief replies? You ask a meaningful question -- you have this amazing capacity to make conversation about something actually interesting and engaging, not just bullshit small-talk -- and a person answers in depth and detail, putting themselves into it, and you just let it all slide. Or, I don't know, maybe that only happens in case of my replies.

(This isn't criticism on you. You just annoy me sometimes with that. In a good, non-negative way. But I felt like mentioning it).

Im sorry to be so annoying to you, usually online it's the opposite complaint - that I write too much. Face to face though, I tend to ask questions and listen much more than I talk. It might be a self conscious kind of thing, I feel like I have a tendency to bore people when I start nerding out on things. And I don't typically ask questions expecting them to be asked back to me in reply.

But it's nothing personal, I just was on my phone, waiting to meet a friend, when I replied earlier. I guess it depends on where I am and my mood how much I write in my replies. I'll be more aware of it with you though since you brought it up.

And yes, those homes are in Brooklyn, in Fort Greene, the neighborhood next to mine (the neighborhood I tell people I live in when I'm trying to impress them), so I walk by them often and often fantasize about owning one. I just know them as brownstones, there might be a more specific term for them though, I don't know.

I can expand on my answer though. I like a lot of different types of architecture. I go between ultra modern, open loft style spaces and more cluttered, detailed older styles. I love Victorian and Art Deco buildings. But I would be happy to live in a glass wall penthouse high rise like what's being built along 57th in Manhattan:


That's mostly for the view though I guess.

But what appeals to me in a real dream home falls in line more with the brownstone - I like the idea of being on the street, interacting with neighbors, able to people watch and that kind of thing more than I'd like being in my little glass box in the sky. A porch or a stoop is important to me. Something that keeps me outside and connected with people passing by.

I also like the idea of apartment living over having a detached house because I feel comfortable and safe when I can hear people around me. Like I'd never be able to relax in a cabin in the woods kind of thing.. I'd be too anxious. And I don't need a ton of space, either. I'm a pretty simple guy.