Tokyo could drown in tech dollars but teachers would continue living in cheap housing because Tokyo builds housing. If you stop building housing, you’re deciding someone doesn’t get to live there; market just tells you their names.https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1081313099032989697 …
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Tokyo IS hyper dense. It's just not all vertical. In Japan in general, streets are narrower, setbacks are smaller, homes are smaller, more pedestrian friendly, livable. But you are totally right in that it doesn't "feel" hyper dense.
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one major factor that seems forbidden to discuss is street width; as far as I can tell, the average residential US street width is ~2x of Tokyo, which changes both character and density (in addition to the TYO streets being much more pedestrian-centered)
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Ok, but do you see any negative externalities to increasing whatever density it is?
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Hong Kong, which has an urban population density 3.5X times higher than SF, has the world's longest life expectancy. Tough to see how high densities damage public health.https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/02/health/hong-kong-world-longest-life-expectancy-longevity-intl/index.html …
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Tokyo's typical density, the vast majority of the city, is 100-150. Paris, the 20 central arrondissements, is 200-250, so double Tokyo's density. Barcelona is a little less. Lower Manhattan is 250-400. San Francisco is around 70, including the west side. Nob Hill is over 100.
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what are the units here? the numbers I'm seeing are around 18k/sq mile in the Mission vs 64k for East village in NY or 38k for Shibuya
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True, though the definition of family is typically "married couple with Max of two children". It was challenging for us with kids (8, 12, 14) to find a home on the Venn diagram sweet spot of: work commute, near school, near grocery store, affordable, fits 5 people
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