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Originally Posted by toxteth o'grady
As much as I hate the free-wheeling, hapahazard aspect of Houston's lack of zoning, there are no incentives for developers to pull these kinds of shenanigans. If they announce they intend to build something 50 stories tall, they'll build it; they're not trying to see if they can get a variance for a tall building so they can flip the property.
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Now all the buildings Austin is building are butt-ugly. There are only a couple of decent buildings in the pipeline. Many cities much smaller than Austin have incredibly better skylines. I agree that the planning commission is highly at fault. And the greedy land speculators. They are no friends of this city!
I don't think anybody in the rest of the country is impressed at all!