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Originally Posted by Stonemans_rowJ
Zeppelin suggests that's just a matter of writing the best rules, making things like innovation and neighborhood needs part of the standard. Design can have unintended benefits for a city. Limiting building type and height in a developing part of town, he suggests, also limits the value of property in those places because developers can't go up and up, creating more units. If property values are limited, neighborhoods in general are more affordable — they don't become places where only wealthy people can afford to live.
Limiting heights limits property value? Not sure I follow his logic...
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You can also make thing more affordable by plopping suburban-esque developments right outside downtown, slap some shitty metal siding on them, and call it innovative. Seems to be the Zeppelin development model up to this point and the hipsters are eating it right the f**k up.
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Last edited by wong21fr; Nov 9, 2015 at 7:24 PM.
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