In the words of Ben Franklin, "when homeowners in attractive cities find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of affordable housing (and urban development)".
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There are many reasons why Japan is able to build the sort of vertical housing & associated infrastructure (esp mass public transportation) that enables affordable, liveable high-density megacities. But maybe the #1 factor is that homeowners don't have a say in new developmentshttps://twitter.com/fchollet/status/989290688738086912 …
SF bay area:
area: 18,040 km2
population: 7.8M
density: 425.7/km2
1BR rent: $3.3k
Tokyo bay area:
area: 14,034 km2 (22% less)
population: 37.8M (385% more (4.85x))
density: 2,631/km2
1BR rent: $1k (70% less)
I wonder how they do it. Ah, I guess we'll never know
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If not people living in the city who should be able to make this kind of decisions?
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As a homeowner, you own the plot of land that you purchased. You don’t own the entire neighbourhood, so one possibility is decentralize the power so that if I want to build a low rise unit on my land, my neighbours can’t prevent it.
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What a crock of shit! Who wants to live in an area where homeowners have no say?
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One of the issues is that many people in SF genuinely believe higher density cities are bad places to live. Not just Manhattan, but Paris or Barcelona. And not just people with houses and gardens - people in apartments too.
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I was talking to a long-time SF resident about a proposed mixed use development in our neighborhood (w/30% affordable housing) and they casually said "of course, I'm against growth". They offered no explanation and I got the feeling they assumed I would agree.
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Is the issue height of buildings, or space in between them? When I lived in Tokyo it was full of low structures, even downtown. What it didn't have was lawns, landscaping, etc. If you get outside the Yamanote line I'm not sure Tokyo is much taller, but most buildings abut.
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As far as I remember Tokyo is mostly (say) 5 stories, not mostly 2.
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nimby-ism is encoded into our laws we're so fucked
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