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Re:In Cramped and Costly Bay Area, Cries to Build, Baby, Build by whyenot on Sunday April 17, 2016 @01:28AM (#11513602)
> There are property owners who would like to build on their own property, not hurting anyone.

If they are impairing their neighbors' views, it seem pretty obvious they are actually hurting someone. San Franacisco has already experienced the extreme: Charles Crocker's spite fence on Nob Hill.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spite_fence#San_Francisco

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Re:In Cramped and Costly Bay Area, Cries to Build, Baby, Build by Houshalter on Sunday April 17, 2016 @08:34AM (#11514312)
"Ownership of a view" is a pretty dubious argument. It amounts to no being allowed to construct anything anywhere because it will always change someone's view. A taller building is not the same as a spite fence, at all.
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