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Originally Posted by laniroj
Yep, categorically wrong. There is a massive scarcity of land in Denver. TakeFive seems to think that just because land is vacant, it means it has a willing seller and appropriate zoning. Not to mention, most of the land he probably thinks is developable is old industrial ground likely not suitable for residential due to the decades of contamination his generation poured into the ground - at least not suitable unless you spend many millions removing the soil, pumping out and treating the groundwater and then taking it all to the hazardous waste dump - haha, that's super cheap to do, just look at Gates!
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I appreciate your perspective; you make sound observations. I didn't mean to say life is easy for builders.
BTW, Union Station Neighborhood comes to mind. And yes even Elitches will require some mitigation.
But
twister244 does an excellent job of summarizing how we got to where we currently are.
Will the city add another 100,000 people over the next decade? It's certainly possible.