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I think you're painting your own preferences onto everyone else. Why does land cost more in the cities?
by woah 10y ago
I think you're painting your own preferences onto everyone else. Why does land cost more in the cities?
- nickff 10y agoThere are many jurisdictions which try to 'right-size', most notable among them is Portland. Many other cities have an implicit policy of preventing sharp increases in density through slow, restricted, and expensive zoning.
- majewsky 10y agoWhy do they want to do that, though? A huge quality of my city (Dresden, Germany) is precisely the wild fluctuation between very dense areas and places that feel like villages (usually because they actually were villages that were annexed in the 20th century). It feels much more livable and diverse than e.g. http://www.dorisleslieblau.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Suburbia.jpg http://www.dorisleslieblau.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/...