What makes a city attractive ?

[beyeas]

Not sure if this had already been shared, but just in case I wanted to share this article from Spacing Atlantic. An excellent breakdown of the discussion around density, opposition to density, why density is not bad, and also why not every development is good.

I especially liked the line "For specific developments, the number of people inside is at best a good thing and at worst irrelevant. Buildings must be judged in terms of their quality, not the people." Interesting argument as well around the common complaint that we should not have more density because there is already not enough parking and roads, which he countered with the fact that there are 25,000 fewer people living on the peninsula compared to the '70s, and yet we now have more traffic and are being asked to build bigger roads.

http://spacing.ca/atlantic/2015/08/10/oppose-building-not-people/"