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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
That is a big part of the issue. Densification is necessary, but most of the developments put forward are huge, 10+ story projects. I don’t know what the barriers are to moderate densification - 2 and 3 story apartment complexes with 60-100 units of the kind that are common in Europe. But if we could crack that problem, it would be a lot easier to get buy-in for new developments.
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Money, of course. And you would have to destroy a lot more SFH, yards, wide streets etc. to achieve the same level of average density as what can be done with just a few taller towers.