Tract housing (also known as cookie-cutter housing) is a style of housing development in which multiple identical or nearly-identical homes are built to create a community. Tract housing developments may encompass dozens of square miles. Tract housing developments are typically found in North American suburbs that were modeled on the "Levittown" concept.
Tract housing development only makes use of a few designs, and labor costs are reduced because workers only need to learn the skills and movements of constructing a limited variety of home designs. In addition, as all homes in the development will be built at the same time, the cost of purchasing and transporting building supplies may be reduced due to economies of scale. Components such as roof trusses, plumbing trees, and stair systems are often fabricated in factories and installed on site. This allows contractors to reduce prices, which in turn can make homes more affordable (and more accessible to a larger percentage of the population) and may also allow contractors to reap higher profits.
Early tract homes were often identical, but more recently built tract homes no longer look identical from the exterior.
The concept of tract housing is occasionally mocked in American popular culture as the basis of a sterile and dispiriting suburbia. Nonetheless, the use of tract housing in new American suburban developments continues to dominate.
Tract housing development only makes use of a few designs, and labor costs are reduced because workers only need to learn the skills and movements of constructing a limited variety of home designs. In addition, as all homes in the development will be built at the same time, the cost of purchasing and transporting building supplies may be reduced due to economies of scale. Components such as roof trusses, plumbing trees, and stair systems are often fabricated in factories and installed on site. This allows contractors to reduce prices, which in turn can make homes more affordable (and more accessible to a larger percentage of the population) and may also allow contractors to reap higher profits.
Early tract homes were often identical, but more recently built tract homes no longer look identical from the exterior.
The concept of tract housing is occasionally mocked in American popular culture as the basis of a sterile and dispiriting suburbia. Nonetheless, the use of tract housing in new American suburban developments continues to dominate.
Laura spends her days in her tract housing community with her young son while her husband goes off to work. She leaves only to run trivial errands like buying flour or getting a haircut. On the surface they are living the American Dream; she is nevertheless deeply unhappy.
by mybodyisacage October 08, 2009
The best genre of EDM as of the late 2000's, which has become so popular that hip hop now fuses the two. Basically once you hear electro house, you better get your body moving!
by TheseTimesAreCrazy August 08, 2009
by rgurtfgtrfg reegvtrf September 23, 2020
A house slave, the one who is always after the master, the kind of slave that is the closest to the master. The most flexible type of slave.
Nowadays, often used to designate blacks who serve a white like they slaves.
Also see Uncle Tom
Nowadays, often used to designate blacks who serve a white like they slaves.
Also see Uncle Tom
"The house nigga will sell you up the river
So to massa, he'll look bigger
And when ya bet under a rock, he'll slither" -KRS-One
So to massa, he'll look bigger
And when ya bet under a rock, he'll slither" -KRS-One
by FrenchLascar187 January 13, 2005
Jimmy had a straight house but didn't want to get semen on his walls again after last weekend with Kate.
by Alecmontoyasgiantshlong - Hunt April 26, 2016
A place where people mess around, blow shit up, tag/spray paint or just fuck around when they dont have anything better to do.
Sketch in ones mind
Sketch in ones mind
Lets go to Tom's House and blow something up.
by Little Johnson June 22, 2006
When someone is hurt and someone exclaims "Is there a doctor in the house?" And two or more people stand up to answer that call for help, the group of people meet in the corner of another room and play an intense game of rock paper scissors to the death. The lone victor will rush in the room victorious to help the hurt person.
*person has a heart attack*
"Oh my God! Is there a doctor in the house?"
*Four people stand up(the Doctors in the house), look at eachother, and sprint into the other room*
*Two minutes later, only one man rushes in to aid the person having the heart attack*
"Oh my God! Is there a doctor in the house?"
*Four people stand up(the Doctors in the house), look at eachother, and sprint into the other room*
*Two minutes later, only one man rushes in to aid the person having the heart attack*
by John_Wenusberg November 05, 2013