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In that case, then I think it would be reasonable to criticize them. Although, it still seems to me that it wouldn't hurt to put something in the law that spec
by harimau777 7y ago
In that case, then I think it would be reasonable to criticize them. Although, it still seems to me that it wouldn't hurt to put something in the law that specifically says that they won't build giant tower blocks.
- davidw 7y agoThe more you read about this stuff, you realize that there's some real ugliness there - now and in the past. Maybe not everyone, but it goes well beyond the original intent of zoning to keep housing away from factories and tanneries and such. https://www.sightline.org/2018/05/25/a-century-of-exclusion-portlands-1924-rezone-is-still-coded-on-its-streets/ https://www.sightline.org/2018/05/25/a-century-of-exclusion-... Of course, in places like San Francisco and Portland, people are mostly smart enough to not "say the quiet part out loud", so they come up with other excuses.
- inferiorhuman 7y agoOf course, in places like San Francisco and Portland, people are mostly smart enough to not "say the quiet part out loud", so they come up with other excuses. No we fucking said the quiet part out loud quite proudly in San Francisco. Take a look at the covenants in the Forest Hill neighborhood. It's still fairly bad as those folks recently successfully fought an attempt at building a low income retirement home. And we certainly weren't that offended by the Chinese Exclusion Act.
- inferiorhuman 7y agoLong form piece about racist housing policies in San Francisco: https://www.fastcompany.com/90242388/the-bad-design-that-created-one-of-americas-worst-housing-crises https://www.fastcompany.com/90242388/the-bad-design-that-cre...