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> there is no way to create an abundance of physical space. Sure there is. The sky is the limit, quite literally. A 10 floor building can fit 10x the amount of
by cuteboy19 4y ago
> there is no way to create an abundance of physical space.
Sure there is. The sky is the limit, quite literally. A 10 floor building can fit 10x the amount of people that a single house can.
We have the technology, we have people willing to put the time and effort into using it. The only thing stopping this is some nonsense law.
- tsimionescu 4y agoI was very explicit that I am discussing the land, not constructed surface. My point is that the land close to a major attraction is forever scarce and thus expensive, and that this attracts only developers who want to build expensive constructions to maximize their return on investment. I agree with the article that this still pulls median prices down, but it does so by forcing middle class and poor people towards the peripheries. Taking this to the extremes, you get cities like Sao Paolo - with extremely expensive city centers and dirt-cheap favelas where people live in squalor. Looking at my own city (Bucharest) this is very visible in new constructions - the farther away from the expensive city center most constructions are, the smaller the apartments, the less nicely looking etc. Of course there are exceptions, especially once you get to the suburbs, but this is the general trend for the city itself, and is a common trend in most cities.
- mLuby 4y agoExactly. Transportation is another way to "compress" physical space in the sense that you can reach more of it for the same distance. In the extreme case where we have ubiquitous teleportation, the only remaining reason to live physically near a desirable location would be bragging rights.