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Re:Nearly six in 10 US young adults live within 10 miles of ... by ethanbond on Thursday December 08, 2022 @05:37PM (#33914727)
Oh... it sounds like you're saying the proposal is to actually convert all existing developed land to 5+1. I don't think that's anyone's proposal?

Upzoning does not mean you automatically get a building at maximum allowed density, it means you increase what is allowed and let the market decide what makes sense where. It would play out exactly as you describe.

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Re:Nearly six in 10 US young adults live within 10 miles of ... by PebblesRox on Thursday December 08, 2022 @11:14PM (#33917358)
I think the point is that not all the suburban sprawl will get converted to 5+1 so some of it's going to decay/devolve.
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Re:Nearly six in 10 US young adults live within 10 miles of ... by ethanbond on Friday December 09, 2022 @11:14AM (#33922949)
Ah, I see. Yeah. Undoing decades of malinvestment at the lowest levels of infrastructure is going to have some sharp edges.
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