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The parent asked about what happens after we've built up. Unless population growth grinds to a halt, the buildings will have to grow taller still at some point.
by randomdata 10y ago
The parent asked about what happens after we've built up. Unless population growth grinds to a halt, the buildings will have to grow taller still at some point. If the market needs 20 floor structures today, and 40 floor structures in a decade, he asks how do you take 20 floors of people out of their homes in order to tear down and rebuild sufficiently dense housing.
- brutus1213 10y agoBuild up more as tech gets better (i.e. taller buildings)? Have better transport so the boundaries of the city get even larger (e.g. twin cities)?
- namlem 10y agoMost large cities, except for Hong Kong, still have plenty of room to build up. You don't tear down the 20-floor buildings to build the 40-floor ones, you tear down the 6-floor ones in the next neighborhood. It's much cheaper to buy them out.