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As the other poster notes, I was being sarcastic. People pay a ton of money to live in denser cities like NY, London and Paris.
by davidw 2y ago
As the other poster notes, I was being sarcastic. People pay a ton of money to live in denser cities like NY, London and Paris.
- Ajedi32 2y agoBut in that case that's already what the comment you were replying to was saying: that higher density results in higher costs. So I guess I'm confused about what your point is. Were you just trying to say you agree?
- davidw 2y agoThe high costs are because an area is desirable, not because it's dense. Density is how you do something to mitigate the high costs of a place like NYC. Imagine if you chopped off the upper half of all buildings there, what prices would do! You could build a bunch of dense housing in Burns, Oregon and you wouldn't be able to charge much for rent there!
- c22 2y agoIt's a bit of a chicken and egg thing because the density is a huge component of the desireability.