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Yea, it’s pretty stupid that filling in 50mi^2 of water bodies with soil, retaining all of that land, and then building on top of it is the smarter thing to do
by siruncledrew 7y ago
Yea, it’s pretty stupid that filling in 50mi^2 of water bodies with soil, retaining all of that land, and then building on top of it is the smarter thing to do than re-developing current land to fit changing needs.
The Bay Area could also just build taller buildings with more living space on land they already have in a denser area.
Also, I like that the article complains about how bad sprawl is, and then their solution is basically create sprawl from new land.
- raldi 7y agoOr even allow apartments within existing height limits in the places where only 40' single-family houses are allowed.
- Liron 7y agoI suspect you're suffering from status quo bias. Try flipping the situation around: imagine we have this same area as undeveloped land, with a button that magically converts it into the current Bay. Would you prefer to develop the land or not?