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You can't just build a skyscraper because you decide you want to. There are a crazy amount of rules/laws/zoning/permits that surround high density construction.
by johngalt 9y ago
You can't just build a skyscraper because you decide you want to. There are a crazy amount of rules/laws/zoning/permits that surround high density construction.
"40% of the buildings in Manhattan could not be built today."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/05/19/upshot/forty-percent-of-manhattans-buildings-could-not-be-built-today.html?mcubz=1 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/05/19/upshot/forty-...
- mikeyanderson 9y agoYes, but it's the city council that makes the zoning rules, and it's the city council that also gives a comment that makes it sound like Google is keeping houses from people. If the city council allowed them to put up a 100 story tower, I bet they would.