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Old Posted Sep 5, 2024, 9:07 PM
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Originally Posted by bdurk View Post
The fact that there are NIMBYs for these types of project in NYC always makes no sense to me. Manhattan is full of supertalls and somehow the 30th (I don't know the actual number but I figure it might be more than that) supertall skyscraper is going to "ruin" something. I'm used to people in Philly being like that but it is absurd to me that anyone can live in New York City and think they don't sound ridiculous spewing stuff like that.
There is no rationale to NIMBY thinking. It is just the kneejerk reaction. Like a dog barking at anything that passes by.



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Originally Posted by Zapatan View Post
I just hope there's still a chance for something noticeably taller than 30HY.
I can tell you that that is not a goal of this development.
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