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Re:Facing housing crisis, L.A. voters back duplexes in singl... by mixmastamyk on Thursday December 02, 2021 @12:32PM (#29419364)
No, dense city is much more efficient than suburbs. A hundred floors is a tiny fraction of miles. There was a post here showing the costs.

Most folks would prefer the “missing middle” if ever given a chance to experience it.

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Re:Facing housing crisis, L.A. voters back duplexes in singl... by quadrangle on Friday December 03, 2021 @04:17PM (#29435632)
dense city is efficient, but density doesn't have to mean high-rises. It can be modest-rises, floors that are enough for people to still use steps to get to the top, so under 10 stories and dense, and that's probably in aggregate more efficient than high-rises. High-rises have serious problems and issues that are not just additive, and they are far harder to adapt, to change to adjust to changing contexts.
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Re:Facing housing crisis, L.A. voters back duplexes in singl... by mixmastamyk on Monday December 06, 2021 @03:03PM (#29464849)
Yes, hence my mention of the missing-middle.
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Re:Facing housing crisis, L.A. voters back duplexes in singl... by fomine3 on Thursday December 02, 2021 @07:33PM (#29425098)
It's extreme. Let's compare to 3 floor condos.
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