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by babyslothzoo 2439 days ago
Or you could incentivize building up? That'd be a lot easier and wouldn't create more hideous sprawl.
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Building up is already strongly incentivised: new units would sell for far above the costs of construction. But NIMYS use zoning and other restrictions to prevent it. I'm strongly in favor of fixing this, but building dense housing in places with no neighbors is another way to approach the problem.