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Eh, why comparing it to Paris? How about comparing it to other US cities, because that's what people care about? I don't think anyone saying that sentence think
by pquki4 3y ago
Eh, why comparing it to Paris? How about comparing it to other US cities, because that's what people care about? I don't think anyone saying that sentence think about the situation in other parts of the world.
- screye 3y agoBecause Boston doesn't and hasnt functioned like an American city. It's contemporaries are other not-very-american cities in NYC, Philly and DC proper. DC and Philly are cheap, NYC is dense. Boston has space and is expensive. It's an exception. Bostons tiny roads make driving impossible. It has actually history and protection worthy neighborhoods, so it a few towers do well to compensate for buildings that cannot be brought down. It has the infrastructure for amazing public transit (pre covid) and can easily support the extra density. All of Boston's peer cities are European-esque cities in the US or European cities. There is a good reason for that. What America calls European cities, are just called 'cities' elsewhere. Other than US, Canada and Australia....no other place has this wierd American model of car dependent asphalt sprawls.
- egberts1 3y agoIn 1977, the Paris city passed a building moratorium of anything higher than 37 meter (121 feet). So it is a good comparative bias.