| >there's too few of them Absolutely, yes! I'm just not holding my breath for public opinion to turn around on whether condo towers and the developers who build them are good or evil. >in part because land that could be used to build a bunch more In minuscule part. Mostly, land is taken up by buildings that are too short. >a single spot is taking the place of multiple condos This presumes a building height that I assure you would get laughed out of the Zoning Adjustments Board hearing room. Each parking space enables timely access to much more square feet of land than any residential construction project would contemplate. (Up to the point where the road network breaks down due to congestion, which is why I think affordability in those cities is probably a lost cause). > yet they somehow manage to have a middle class. Probably because their electorates are able to distinguish between mid-rise apartment blocks and Satan, just like they distinguish between single-payer healthcare and the USSR. |