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No-Independence828 t1_j9rcvbh wrote

So you can put a high rise in the middle of houses? This is not good urban planning.

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plummbob t1_j9rkx6x wrote

If people want to live in high rise, its great urban planning. The idea that housing needs to be segregated into blocks comprise of only one style is absurd, and the market has expressed deep desire to get rid of it.

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mtcwby t1_j9ssywc wrote

The market has nothing of that sort. Highrise buildings are still a function of land value. You don't build up until the building footprint cost gets extremely high simply due to cost.

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No-Independence828 t1_j9ro929 wrote

Free market only knows how to make money. Improving people’s lives is not in their agenda.

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plummbob t1_j9rohqh wrote

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you mean the consumers? of course consumers are going to only choose the options that are best for them. which is why having more options gives residents more options to optimize over.

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No-Independence828 t1_j9t6ulq wrote

Their

As free market / developers / those who build and sell houses / those who will put anything anywhere if they can make a profit out of it.

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plummbob t1_j9t8m0x wrote

The reason they make any profit is because people have strong demand for where they put them.

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Mickey-the-Luxray t1_j9tg0fd wrote

But another libertarian on Reddit told me that if you remove all zoning then the free market will efficiently distribute housing density to the people's wants!

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dolphins3 OP t1_j9rmdqc wrote

California NIMBYs keep racking up L after L and it's honestly delicious.

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Joshau-k t1_j9rv6ir wrote

With the price of housing in the Bay area, why are there any houses there? It should all be medium density minimum

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No-Independence828 t1_j9t6w82 wrote

Houses where there already

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Joshau-k t1_j9xd1hm wrote

Yes but you can rezone it to medium density.

That doesn't mean you have to immediately demolish the existing boss e

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Job_Stealer t1_j9srxk4 wrote

It's called Builder's Remedy, and it just means the project will be passed ministerially instead of going through a discretionary review. It still has to follow the regulations of the city, which includes height and density. However, developers are aloted 3 density bonuses if they meet the percentage of affordable housing required by the state.

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Starrion t1_j9sfy3h wrote

They buy the houses and put up a high rise.

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