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> Wow, 10,000 per km² sounds crazy ambitious. By those standards, Germany is a ghost land, cities here barely reach those numbers in the densely populated parts
by CharlesColeman 8y ago
> Wow, 10,000 per km² sounds crazy ambitious. By those standards, Germany is a ghost land, cities here barely reach those numbers in the densely populated parts, certainly not on average.
Yeah, but to get those levels, they fill blocks with dozens of identical 25 story apartment buildings. E.g.: https://pulitzercenter.org/sites/default/files/styles/node_images_768x510/public/09-03-14/1409676143000-apartmentcostliving1.jpg?itok=Qt9rQ9aL https://pulitzercenter.org/sites/default/files/styles/node_i...
- benj111 8y agoThat isn't inherent to getting the density though. You could design them all differently if you wanted. You could find an example of a row of identical buildings in any country, it doesn't prove anything.
- CharlesColeman 8y agoIt isn't inherent, but it sure is attention grabbing. In my experience, cookie-cutter construction is far more common, at a far larger scale, and far more obvious in China than in any other country I've visited.
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoThey are usually 32 stories high since that is how far they can go with concrete.