By Helen LuiWe constantly hear about the problems with density: tiny shoeboxes in the sky, looming towers and their shadows, traffic congestion, and overcrowding. But despite popular discourse, denser living can actually be good for us and our communities.Density as healthDensity brings public services, transit, parks, and amenities closer together. When we can walk our
  • RehRomano@lemmy.caOP
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    2 years ago

    “let’s tear down everything here that all the existing residents chose and replace it with something else that we think is more logical”.

    This feels like a dishonest interpretation that misses a lot of the nuance presented in the article.

    • pbjamm@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Seriously. In most cases residents did not choose large swaths of single family home suburbs, the planning commission did by zoning everything R1 and washing their hands of it.