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A comment on San Francisco's zoning makes it illegal to build apartments in 73.5% of the city. Parent comment

Re:San Francisco's zoning makes it illegal to build apartmen... by rukittenme on Thursday July 19, 2018 @12:08PM (#17567640)
I'm sure people felt the same way about NYC in 1890. But had we preserved the "character" of 1890's NYC we wouldn't have the supremely better 2018 NYC.

You're so worried about "losing" something that you're forgoing the creation of something new and better.

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Re:San Francisco's zoning makes it illegal to build apartmen... by magduf on Thursday July 19, 2018 @12:33PM (#17567926)
To be fair, to get to the "supremely better 2018 NYC", you had to go through the truly horrible NYC of the 70s and 80s....
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Re:San Francisco's zoning makes it illegal to build apartmen... by reaperducer on Thursday July 19, 2018 @12:50PM (#17568132)
NYC works hard to preserve its 1930's architecture, and the character of some neighborhoods.

NYC has zoning, too.

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