Posted Jun 30, 2012, 1:13 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: New York, NY
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Originally Posted by Dralcoffin
Sorry, but I respectfully disagree. Higher density can only boost all of those factors you mention. More people means more shops and retail, more mass transit usage (and with proper system management and maintenance the NYC Subway can handle many more people), and to me vibrancy means lots of people on the street and business activity, and density only increases that. From my perspective in the Midwest, where our cities are fighting just to stay steady, New York's increasing density is something to be coveted.
And if Manhattan gets too crowded, well there are four other boroughs...
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Manhattan is not dense enough for you? Jesus Christ.
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