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closeparen
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$40 road tolls offer insight into commuter psychol...
There's not a
lack
of urban planning; there's an urban planning (and popular) consensus "lack of vertical density" == "quality of life."
Demoneeri
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Density =/= high rise. Lots of 3-5-story building mix with townhouses creates the density you need with a human-size feel.
gji
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Cambridge (MA) is like this, but housing prices are still pretty unreasonable. You definitely need taller buildings.
CPLX
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That set of values is certainly not a consensus opinion.
closeparen
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It’s the set of values that controls nearly all land use policy in the United States. YIMBYism exists, and I am one, but I recognize that pro-skyscraper or even pro-mid-rise is a fringe position.
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