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Originally Posted by IWant2BeInSTL
well, Paris is a great example of a recognized, dynamic city that has flourished without falling for the shiny tall building gimmick.
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At cost of huge sprawl, I should say. They make me laugh here when they blame on LA for urban sprawl. They all say it's ugly, but we've been the very same here in Paris. It sprawls much further than you know.
Make no mistake. Paris is hugely romanticized all over the world, but it's nothing so sexy overall.
The problem is sprawl ain't sustainable. It's too complicated and costly to manage. I think an average 20-storey building is a fair solution, for now.
Population will unavoidably increase, though. So you have to build taller and taller.
And you need some real skyscrapers to flatter the rich pricks. Forget about the rich themselves. Their butts in particular don't matter; just focus on the money they own, that you need to develop the town.
That's the rule as long as we don't have anything better than global capitalism.