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The value difference between a house with 10,000 mistakes ($150,000) and a mistake-free one ($600,000) could be on the order of $450,000.

Cost estimate illustrating the economic cost of fabricated structures; even a low-cost Indian house could see a tenfold value increase.

Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count

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An ordinary American house contains a density of about 1 decision per cubic foot, thus about 20,000 possible mistakes when the house is not generated.
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Estimate based on labor hours and physical pieces; used to motivate economic cost analysis.
For a community of 150 middle-class American houses, the total loss of value due to fabricated mistakes is on the order of a staggering $30 million.
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Economic calculation extrapolating mistake costs to a whole community.

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