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Yeah, this tweet-complaint list is simply not true. SRO/Tenements are obviously not legal (for good reasons, imho). But the other examples in the tweet thread a
by maxsilver 7y ago
Yeah, this tweet-complaint list is simply not true. SRO/Tenements are obviously not legal (for good reasons, imho). But the other examples in the tweet thread are legal in most cities, and these get built all across the US literally every single day.
In my small-ish Michigan city alone, we have multiple examples of #1, #3, #4, #5, #7, and #8, all of which have been built this decade. The same is true in Minneapolis, and Portland, and Seattle, and Chicago, and others.
- zip1234 7y agoI think you are missing the point if you think the author implies that they are completely banned. They are obviously not all banned. The issue is that they are banned in certain places. Most cities strictly regulate where you can build different things and have restrictions on setbacks and parking for all of those things. In my midwestern town, I could not tear my house down and build an apartment. It is zoned for 'single family 2nd density residential.'