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NYC is a bastion of a "make it happen" mentality that should make every other municipality jealous.
by elastic_church 10y ago
NYC is a bastion of a "make it happen" mentality that should make every other municipality jealous.
- santaclaus 10y agoHmmmm having lived in the UWS I can say this is definitely not the case. Have you been to a CB meeting in New York? Just as much NIMBYism and obstructionism (look at what happened with that bike lane opposition from rich old people near prospect park). The difference is the laws on the books in New York vs the bay.
- elastic_church 10y agoyes, but then I look at Chelsea/"Hudson Yards" and I'm like "oh my god how did they even build all of this so fast"
- CPLX 10y agoIndeed. And downtown Brooklyn, and LIC, and Industry City, and so on and so on. NYC is capable of adding a dense "downtown" that would dwarf the entire CBD of most American cities every year or three. There's really no comparison at all in this country at least.