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Originally Posted by aquablue
In fact, I would prefer a larger area of mid-rise/high rise sprawl like a Tokyo or Seoul over a small concentrated area of hyper high rise density like Manhattan. It gives a more varied city and a larger area of usable city. Maybe there would be less scrapers, but there would be more land and urban neighborhoods to explore.
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Yes, this is exactly what is needed. BOTH sprawling suburbs AND massive high-rises are inefficient. The high rises don't really even create that much density because they're relatively limited in number and increasing heights bring rapidly diminishing returns due to core/floor ratios. A large expanse of mid-rises is far more dense than a few high-rises surrounded by brownstones.