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Re:France is now offering a €4k e-bike subsidy to people who... by rtlfe on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @09:34AM (#32564705)
That's just not true at all. With the current nationwide housing shortage and sky-high rents, developers will jump on any opportunity immediately. All you need to do is set the right zoning code and streamline the approval process.

Check out this tweet series for many examples: https://twitter.com/search?q=turns%20into%20(from%3Amnolangr...

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Re:France is now offering a €4k e-bike subsidy to people who... by sokoloff on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @09:59AM (#32565023)
That tweet series shows a bunch of individual parcels developed over a typically 6-11 year timeframe. That's necessary, but not sufficient, to generate an entirely "new downtown" widespread redevelopment all happening simultaneously over a 10-year timeframe.
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Re:France is now offering a €4k e-bike subsidy to people who... by rtlfe on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @10:12AM (#32565194)
> over a typically 6-11 year timeframe

The dates there are just when the street view photos were taken. All of those smaller apartment buildings can be built in under a year, and 1-3 years for a highrise.

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