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There are also economic reasons. Parisian density is only possible with a great underground transportation system. That's hugely expensive to build and takes de
by abalone 11y ago
There are also economic reasons. Parisian density is only possible with a great underground transportation system. That's hugely expensive to build and takes decades. SF has traditionally been a boomtown economy with corresponding bust cycles, so it's harder to make those kinds of investments. They are happening (e.g. the Chinatown extension) but more conservatively.
- thaumasiotes 11y ago> Parisian density is only possible with a great underground transportation system. That's hugely expensive to build and takes decades. It takes decades as an artifact of governmental processes. There's no necessary reason it should take decades.
- tim333 11y agoSaigon where I'm back from is building a light rail to the center with twenty odd 30-40 story residential blocks along it. The whole thing is taking about 2 years to build. That kind of thing is good for preserving historic buildings too - the blocks are all in nondescript areas 1-4 miles from the center.