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Originally Posted by Big A
I read a couple of years ago that vacant land in the medical center was just about gone, yet they are still building these land consuming buildings. Population doesn't have much to do with it, just go up 35 north and see a city that is a lot smaller with some very impressive tall buildings.
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You're right, it is alot more complicated than I made it sound.
Development doesn't happen by accident. It happens by design and planning.
If San Antonio had smart growth development strategies, then we would see our main arterial corridors (not 410 or 1604) have the highest densities and development.
It would make sense, at this point, that the city enact a strategy to encourage high-density, mixed-use development along the corridors that will someday be transit corridors.
Arlington County, VA has policies that encourage mixed-use, pedestrian and transit-oriented development. They are land locked but still they are #18 for the largest percentage of population change for cities over 100,000 from July 2007-July 2008.
People build up where they are allowed to build up and where it makes sense to build up.