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by pzone
1176 days ago
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Living in the middle of a dense city does improve quality of life for many people via access to amenities and jobs with a very short commute. A hypothetical 50 story skyscraper can provide these benefits to 50 times as many people as a single story building could. You're right that light and sky visibility are finite resources that require more land. 100+ story buildings can feel oppressive to people. The question to ask then is why we allocate so little land to mid-rise development and force it all into Manhattan and small downtowns. That's the biggest reason we have such tall buildings there. |
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Do you have citations? Arguably, skyscrapers don't mean a dense city but a mega dense city.
So how is your life better if you live in a 20 million city VS a 2 million city?