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This article is not at all persuasive. The argument of "Density and tall buildings can't make housing more affordable, after all, San Fran and New York are so expensive!" is flawed thinking at its finest.
It's kind of like saying, "Never mind that x policy will hurt the economy--the economy is already bad!" Yes, but that doesn't mean we want to make it even worse.
If you were to remove thousands of apartments from San Francisco and New York by banning tall buildings, almost surely housing would become even more expensive than it is now.
This article is not at all persuasive. The argument of "Density and tall buildings can't make housing more affordable, after all, San Fran and New York are so expensive!" is flawed thinking at its finest.
It's kind of like saying, "Never mind that x policy will hurt the economy--the economy is already bad!" Yes, but that doesn't mean we want to make it even worse.
If you were to remove thousands of apartments from San Francisco and New York by banning tall buildings, almost surely housing would become even more expensive than it is now.
That's a matter of personal opinion. I don't believe it should be a goal of policymakers to ensconce subjective feelings about aesthetics into law at the expense of affordability.
Height restrictions in America's capitol is asinine on its face. They all say "ew we don't want our city to be ugly". God forbid we be "ugly" like NYC, London and Tokyo
1. Do it outside of downtown. (NE,NW etc)
2. That article is flawed at best
3. When people think of American Pride and progress are there pictures of DC or NYC that come to mind?
That article is like having a grandmother that hates smartphones. You don't hate the phone, you hate the growth and change it represents. We need to grow up.....
1. Do it outside of downtown. (NE,NW etc)
2. That article is flawed at best
3. When people think of American Pride and progress are there pictures of DC or NYC that come to mind?
That article is like having a grandmother that hates smartphones. You don't hate the phone, you hate the growth and change it represents. We need to grow up.....
The fundamental failure of all your posts is a lack of understanding why DC exists. In your simple explanations, you want everybody toiling away at making the next smartphone but no one managing our nation's overall economy or its diplomatic and military relations with other nations. Unlike NYC, DC was created to be the antithesis of a commercial hub so to suggest it should resemble NYC (or Silicon Valley, which you admire yet is not known for its skyscrapers) says more about your lack of knowledge than about DC needing to grow into something it was never intended to be.
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