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by cycrutchfield 1260 days ago
How about just build more housing? Might be an easier solution than upending property rights entirely.
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MrOwnPut 1260 days ago
Because there's no room left?

Almost every square inch of New York is already covered.

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cycrutchfield 1260 days ago
Are you aware that there exists a third dimension?
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MrOwnPut 1259 days ago
No, and I guess you're the only one, please go inform the architects of your original idea.

We could call them tallrises, skytouchers or something like that.

You said: "Might be an easier solution than upending property rights entirely."

My point was that land is owned by someone already, skyscraper or not.

So if you want to force people to make highrises, you will have to take their land. Good luck with that.

Alternative: don't crowd all into one city, there's plenty of land and many jobs can be remote now.

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cycrutchfield 1259 days ago
Land is owned almost everywhere in the US. The point is if regulations on density are relaxed then denser housing will be built. You don’t need to take anybody’s land. Invisible hand of the market and all that.
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MrOwnPut 1259 days ago
Find a plot in New York City that isn't owned. If the owner isn't building housing, what makes you think new regulations will make them?

How much denser would you like the new regulations to be btw? Do you know the current density?

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cycrutchfield 1259 days ago
A plot zoned for greater residential density will be worth more. There would be an economic incentive to build more housing.

Do you think that NYC in its entirety is dense enough?

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drbeast 1260 days ago
This is bolshevism. https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-remote-work-is-killi... There are plenty of empty sky scrapers in midtown NYC. Want to know why they aren't turning them into apartments? > Building codes I'm sorry but if we want affordable housing then it's time to accept that some apartments won't have windows.
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MrOwnPut 1259 days ago
Learn to use words properly, it's not bolshevism lol.

How in the world would it be if they are privately owned buildings?

Now if the government seized them, it would be.

But yes there is a problem with cities like New York, but that's a local problem and will continue to be so if people keep voting the same people in.

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