<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>SkeuomorphicBee</author><text>I lived almost all my life on neighborhoods of &amp;quot;walk up apartments&amp;quot; (3 or 4 floor high condo buildings without a lift, typically with 2 units per floor), and I agree completely. It is small enough density to be calm and quiet, but high enough density to support small local businesses at walking distance.</text><parent_chain><item><author>jperras</author><text>Montréaler here; I live in a neighbourhood which is uniquely composed of plexes - 3 to 8 units per &amp;quot;plex&amp;quot;, with the typical number being 3, thus the term &amp;quot;triplex&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;Honestly, it&amp;#x27;s the ideal density IMHO. I get the convenience factors of urban density, but without (most) of the downsides of a high-rise condominium building.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Facing housing crisis, L.A. voters back duplexes in single-family neighborhoods</title><url>https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2021-12-02/facing-housing-crisis-l-a-voters-back-duplexes-in-single-family-neighborhoods</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>distances</author><text>High-rise is not the only other way to reach density. I think major European cities like Paris, Barcelona, Berlin have a very livable and lively format of continuous blocks of 5-8 story buildings.</text><parent_chain><item><author>jperras</author><text>Montréaler here; I live in a neighbourhood which is uniquely composed of plexes - 3 to 8 units per &amp;quot;plex&amp;quot;, with the typical number being 3, thus the term &amp;quot;triplex&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;Honestly, it&amp;#x27;s the ideal density IMHO. I get the convenience factors of urban density, but without (most) of the downsides of a high-rise condominium building.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Facing housing crisis, L.A. voters back duplexes in single-family neighborhoods</title><url>https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2021-12-02/facing-housing-crisis-l-a-voters-back-duplexes-in-single-family-neighborhoods</url></story>