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Thank you, excellent insight! Yes, the other "feeling" I've had is that over the past 20-30 years basically the vast majority of land near urban areas was "fill
by hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
Thank you, excellent insight! Yes, the other "feeling" I've had is that over the past 20-30 years basically the vast majority of land near urban areas was "filled up" - e.g. you could no longer sprawl out or take over farmland, so additional housing growth meant higher density in pre-existing neighborhoods, and we've all seen how existing home owners fight tooth-and-nail to keep that from happening.
- bobthepanda 3y agoI think this quote from the article sums up how zoning and its purpose has changed over the years. > The legacy 1961 zoning created an invisible city with a loose shape, like a dress bought a few sizes too big, that the physical city had plenty of room to grow into. The Bloomberg administration has left behind a building envelope that’s more like a corset, pulled tight to the city’s body, cinching around places that were already small and boosting its curves.