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A lack of urban planning. * Not enough family sized units in the city (drive down cost with supply). * Insufficient quality of life in building codes.
by mjevans 9y ago
A lack of urban planning.
* Not enough family sized units in the city (drive down cost with supply).
* Insufficient quality of life in building codes. (Noise, smell, clean air, green spaces)
* Lack of vertical density;
This is begging for Cave of Steel like results complete with indoor parks and atriums.
- closeparen 9y agoThere's not a lack of urban planning; there's an urban planning (and popular) consensus "lack of vertical density" == "quality of life."
- CPLX 9y agoThat set of values is certainly not a consensus opinion.
- closeparen 9y agoIt’s the set of values that controls nearly all land use policy in the United States. YIMBYism exists, and I am one, but I recognize that pro-skyscraper or even pro-mid-rise is a fringe position.
- Demoneeri 9y agoDensity =/= high rise. Lots of 3-5-story building mix with townhouses creates the density you need with a human-size feel.
- gji 9y agoCambridge (MA) is like this, but housing prices are still pretty unreasonable. You definitely need taller buildings.