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The problem is that cities don't want buildings torn down every 10 years because it's cheaper for the buyer to just rebuild from the ground up than to fight wha
by gingerbread-man 10y ago
The problem is that cities don't want buildings torn down every 10 years because it's cheaper for the buyer to just rebuild from the ground up than to fight what essentially amounts to a heap of technical debt. Well-constructed buildings can last centuries: future-proofing is a pretty big deal.
- jonknee 10y agoWhy would a city care? That's just more permitting money and local jobs.
- Anderkent 10y agoAre you familiar with the concept of opportunity cost? Effort spend redoing things all the time instead of improving and building new things is not making a city better.
- hinkley 10y agoYou're replying to a story about a guy who wants to replace tower cranes because two of them fell over and killed people in the same year. That's why the city cares. Every time one goes up or comes down there's a risk involved.
- aljones 10y agoIf a city had the narrow concerns of a business then that might make sense.
- namlem 10y agoBecause construction sites are ugly and noisy.