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When you argue for housing reform to legalize denser development in our cities, you quickly learn that some people hate density. Like, really hate density, with visceral disgust and contempt for any development pattern that involves buildings being tall or close together.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Some people just like space. That doesn’t make them bad or inconsiderate people, they just like space.

It does make them bad if they are placing their needs over the needs of others. If they want that space, they should move to a rural town and let cities develop as they should.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If enough people move to that rural town and it suddenly becomes a suburban city does that make them all bad people? At what population should people start building skyscrapers?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

There's a vast middle ground between only single family dwellings and only skyscrapers. Duplexes, fourplexes, rowhouses, small apartment buildings are all a good option, and where you'd start in your example town, if there was demand to build them. You currently can't do that in many places, even in cities, because of absurdly restrictive zoning laws.