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The reason modern apartments in LA cost an arm and a leg is the same one for why new houses are no longer starter homes but McMansions.



McMansion is a Texan thing. New homes in LA are a fairly boxy west coast style. Box housing maximizes square footage use and takes advantage of the fact that it doesn't really snow in LA so no very sloping roof is needed.




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