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Originally Posted by mhays
Because in Seattle they can have much less parking...commonly 0.6 or 0.8 spaces per unit. That makes smaller properties viable (14,000 sf sometimes), and greatly reduces construction costs.
Also, people will pay more of a premium to live within walking distance of the CBD in Seattle than in LA. Here, greater Downtown is the center of nearly everything, vs. the dispersed model of LA. Plus there's more of a walking and transit culture.
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