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The issue is that many opponents or people who are on the fence will think of higher density as concrete jungles or commie blocks. You also need to sell them an
by enaaem 3y ago
The issue is that many opponents or people who are on the fence will think of higher density as concrete jungles or commie blocks. You also need to sell them an aesthetically pleasing vision. People are emotionally first and will then find logic to justify the emotions
- Robotbeat 3y agoThat’s kinda fair, but a lot of the architecture hated on actually looks nice. I like the 5 over 1s, for instance.
- Tanoc 3y agoI believe a lot of the hatred of 5-over-1s is because in a lot of American towns and cities, that 20th century architecture they would've contrasted against is just gone. When everything is surrounded by post-1970s functional modernist architecture, minimalist modernism just feels like it's simplifying (often seen as cost reducing) things even further. Plus a lot of the materials they use make it feel even cheaper. Featureless fiberglass or plastic panels haphazardly jutting out of grey painted stucco and concrete with no sense of visual balance exudes "budget" in the same way that buying counterfeit "ADJDAS" pants does.