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Re:Tokyo: A big city that is also pleasant to live in by ectopod on Saturday January 01, 2022 @09:58AM (#29758800)
Many European cities were also constrained by city walls. Land may have been available but it wasn't necessarily defensible.
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Re:Tokyo: A big city that is also pleasant to live in by aeharding on Saturday January 01, 2022 @11:19AM (#29759807)
Yup. Urban growth boundaries are very important, and aren’t new.

I’d always wondered what would happen if the US had a city with an UGB and very unrestrictive zoning.

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Re:Tokyo: A big city that is also pleasant to live in by jefurii on Saturday January 01, 2022 @02:57PM (#29762013)
You're talking about Portland, OR.
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