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Height limits and zoning are a good idea. If you don't have limits then you will have only high ugly 25-floor apartment buildings. Like the ones they build in C
by codedokode 9y ago
Height limits and zoning are a good idea. If you don't have limits then you will have only high ugly 25-floor apartment buildings. Like the ones they build in China [1][2] or in Russia.
Look at any old European city like Paris or Amsterdam or Saint-Petersburg. A historical part of the city with 3-5-7 floor buildings looks so much better than modern cities with skyscrapers.
And I am not sure that building new houses will solve the problem. New houses and lower living cost might attract even more people to move to California.
[1] https://varlamov.me/2016/china_ray/09.jpg https://varlamov.me/2016/china_ray/09.jpg
[2] https://varlamov.me/2016/china_ray/11.jpg https://varlamov.me/2016/china_ray/11.jpg
- citrin_ru 9y ago1. High-rise building can be build in different styles. I like most Manhattan buildings from 1920s - 1940s. 2. There are a log of ugly box building built in Russia (and China), because it is a race to the bottom. People can't afford apartments in good looking buildings and can only buy in cheapest ones. Given how expensive land in California it is unlikely that developers will try to save every cent on buildings them-self.
- closeparen 9y agoYou’re correctly pointing out some truly awful towers, and I’m happy to counter with some awful single family houses. Towers, like houses, can be good or bad.