Re:Meet the Man Who Built a 30-Story Building in 15 Days
by olalonde on Wednesday September 26, 2012 @01:09AM
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High population density has a lot of advantages and it's actually one of the things I like most about China. I think most Chinese would dislike living in a low density area. In fact, when I show pictures of Montreal to Chinese/Hong Kong people their first impression is that "it looks boring".
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Re:Meet the Man Who Built a 30-Story Building in 15 Days
by mc32 on Wednesday September 26, 2012 @01:24AM
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High density has advantages of scale, i.e efficiency. On the other hand, when things break, they break massively I.e. a power outage, a garbage strike, etc. Also, infectious diseases propagate faster.
Still, I would take density over sprawl, if push came to shove. I wish San Fracisco would adopt some of the Chinese practicality when it comes to urbanism --not the ugliness of the uniform apartment block buildings, but the allowing of change and growth.