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Originally Posted by west-town-brad
My buddy just relocated from Chicago to San Fran. The city council there is packed with NIMBYs and if even so much as a 3 unit condo gets proposed in an area where it is already allowed you can expect public protests.... yes, protests.
I find our system here to be "broken" but "functional".
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Chicago is pretty good about development, actually. If anything the city should be more strict in enforcing aesthetic standards and protecting the pedestrian environment (and relaxing or completely getting rid of parking minimums).
Paul Krugman even calls it out as an example here:
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Chicago is a huge city with dense development but relatively low housing prices; maybe it has some lessons to teach the rest of us?
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/04/o...velopment.html