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The good parts of Amsterdam and Paris come from undoing previous bad ideas, and Paris is still too expensive because of height limits, so I don't think it's an

The good parts of Amsterdam and Paris come from undoing previous bad ideas, and Paris is still too expensive because of height limits, so I don't think it's an impressive showing yet. Good Asian cities' planning efforts are mostly making illegal to let NIMBYs have input on anything.

ericmay 3y ago
The height limits are a good thing. Keeps the city human scale. That’s why it’s expensive. Well, at least that’s part of it.
- astrange 3y ago
  You're not supposed to look up at the sky while you walk, so I think it's fine.
  - ericmay 3y ago
    Why aren’t you supposed to look up at the sky?
    - astrange 3y ago
      You'll run into people.
      - ericmay 3y ago
        That's a good way to make new friends