As I understand it, buildings don’t pencil out with more expensive materials until they are also much taller. Insofar as people want to correct the Almighty Ma

As I understand it, buildings don’t pencil out with more expensive materials until they are also much taller. Insofar as people want to correct the Almighty Market on housing, they ban mid rises entirely. I don’t think there’s a political constituency for “apartments, but good” and supply is way too constrained for developers to care. Maybe we could at least get some kind of testing/disclosure of acoustic properties since it’s so hard to tell on a tour.