Plot migration and why the housing problem persists, SE please start listening.

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Actually, that is again something "only" instanced housing really is capable of fixing,

...you missed my point a bit - while yes, thats true and changing the "background" to suit your favoured view could (only) be fixed by instanced housing, my point was rather: People still wont be happy.
Yesterday I replied to a thread where someone spoke out against instanced housing because it would lose the neighboury-feel (that a lot of us dont seem to have in the first place though) and would be bad for RP...
So yeah, my point was rather: People will always find something to complain.
Maybe I'm just a bit burnt out on seeing all these threads spread out of the ground like mushrooms, repeating themself over and over again just because someone else now discovered that the housing system is less than optimal but didnt discover the 50 threads we already had on this issue.
Me being fed of and getting a bit snarky and cynic with this by now is obviously a personal problem and I'll probably refrain from further discussions like this - this isnt targetted against you, Zojha, this is just someone who had it with people acting all entitled but arent willing to put any effort in.
Housing was/is supposed to be a bit exclusive, prestige content - specially large and medium houses (I still wish, prices would reflect that again). And I bet that half of the people who are complaining now about not getting a large house will complain how its not special anymore once everyone can have one...

...sorry, personal rant over. I'll get back to decorating my mansion in the goblet that I got by relocating a smalle lavender bed plot. You may burn me for owning a mansion now. But since its not in Shirogane but in the less desirable goblet (for you btw, not for me - I got my dream plot, its just a dream that not many people share) you probably wont.

Browsing on Reddit, I saw someone actually make a suggestion I thought was pretty good:

—Make all plots upgradable to all sizes.

I think this could work well/better with instanced houses aswell!
You'd buy a basic house with something thats more or less only the entrance hall of a mansion - and then you can pay additional gil to add the cellar, the first floor, maybe a balcony (one can dream), a second floor, a little tower (you know the type they throw pricesses in to prevent them from marrying)... same with the garden: Pay extra to add a chocobo-stable at a fixed location (so you wouldnt have to add it as an item to the yard), hot springs, a little pond...