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Originally Posted by IluvATX
Suburban development doesn't seem to be as considerate to the environment. I'd expect more within city limits.
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... it's an function of space, not an issue of (necessarily) consideration of the environment.
Because this project is taking up less space than a typical suburban project with the same number of units, we are necessarily destroying less trees when we build this project than when we build the equivalent suburban project.
Thus, building urban is by definition better for the environment than building suburban.
For every dense urban development that occurs, there exists less need to build typical suburban developments of equivalent size. Thus, I will always support these dense centrally located developments regardless of the number of trees they displace or destroy. And I will support them
precisely because they are the more environmentally friendly choice.
One exception to this: parks are needed in some places, but this is not one of those places because there is easy access to the greenbelt for this entire corridor.
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