As an european who has never visited the US, I'm totally unfamiliar with this kind of buildings, other than seeing them in TV Shows like Family Matters or Full House. Also, almost every single american woodworking YouTube channel is recorded in a garage of one this kind of houses. I find them huge, yet their popularity makes me think they're pretty common, maybe even affordable?
They are common in some suburban neighborhoods but not most. Not affordable to most. These homes are $1million+.
There are lots of different style home and each part of the US has styles that are unique. My personal favorite American style is the brownstone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownstone
It's pretty rare (excluding mobile homes and pre-fab homes, of course). I grew up in the US and have lived in Australia for over a decade now, and I have seen exactly one house moved in each country.
However, I have seen a large number of historical log cabins fully dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere in the US — generally to rescue them from destruction or to transport them to open-air museums. (My grandparents were involved in that trade and personally dismantled and rebuilt 27 log cabins.)
Rowhouses are de facto banned almost everywhere in US? It’s relatively popular way of living in Finland. It’s something between a highrise apartment and your own house.
I’ve always wondered why US seems to lack those and that neatly explains it.
I was going to say you're wrong because here in the NE there are loads of townhouses, duplexes and bungalows, but you're right - in the US single family homes and apartments dominate. https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/highlights.html
Barndominiums are really popular depending on where you live. I see them all the time in the United States, really popular for new construction custom home.
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