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Is it not building for density? I've lived in the same spot near capitol hill for 5 years and there are new high-rise and mid-rise condo buildings in every sing
by acidburnNSA 9y ago
Is it not building for density? I've lived in the same spot near capitol hill for 5 years and there are new high-rise and mid-rise condo buildings in every single direction. It's been nuts! They built like crazy.
- apsec112 9y agoAll the construction is concentrated into a few small pockets. So inside one of those pockets, it feels like a lot. But the majority of Seattle's land is still single-family detached residential only. This is a zoning map, you'll see that the "highrise" and "midrise" pockets are very small: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/55ff4c6de4b06ae6b94dff59/55ff4c73e4b06ae6b94e0166/1442794731781/ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975...
- unionjack22 9y ago*luxury high-rise and mid-rise condo buildings And those developments have been concentrated in a few areas barely zoned for such. The vast majority of the city is zoned for single family buildings not townhouses/low-rises/mid-rises nevermind NYC-style high-rise apt buildings the city and the young so desperately need.
- jacalata 9y agoBuilding for density would mean you didn't have acres of single family housing within a block of the light rail stations.