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[odurandina]

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

To this day theres no streetlights, really on most any highways in MA unless youre IN the core of Boston or perhaps some on-off ramps to mill cities on 495 (outside 128)

You can be quite sure, not unlike i-287, and much of the GSP in NJ, this lovely feature is quite by design.
This of course is proof the 10s of millions of sq ft of offices/ labs/ etc along i-495 and 128 (re; i-95) must be a mirage.
The Boston area has slow housing starts because of rabid nimbyism and the arcane permitting process--never for lacking the capital. In neighborhood after neighborhood, housing is rarely permitted at a fraction of the height accorded to labs only feet away.
There is still a reluctance to build density near to its potential along major transit stations, and stops along the core lines. Residents across the city and core have put roadblocks since the first tall housing arose in Mission Hill, JP, Dorchester, etc, in the early 70s.
Height is slashed by 30-40% on every proposal in the city. Rarely does anything taller than 12~13 stories win approval even along transit stations and freeways where they can easily go twice as tall.
The suburbs were always wealthy, dating to the industrial age, shipbuilding, etc.

[mhays25]

That's bizarre...common but bizarre.

Seattle is the opposite. Housing can often go much taller than commercial use, due to both FAR and height limits. And major projects generally go to the exact height limit in the zoning code (with some exceptions when an 85' woodframe pencils better than a highrise).

[odurandina]

3 dozen towers proposed at 18-35 stories have been slashed to fewer than 12-14 stories in the past few years alone in Boston on the most dwindling/ rare/ "implicit" parcels that will support it.
You look at the parcel, location etc, and say, "yes: 20: perfect, 25, perfect, etc...."