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Originally Posted by thoughtcriminal
That would fit. we have way too many of them, not sure why.
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There was an explanation a few years back that you can take or leave - but someone explained that due to the high cost of construction and comparatively lower value return (compared to NYC, Boston, etc.) builders and developers look to optimize square foot return on their buildings. One way of doing that is by pouring as much concrete as you can pour in a single day per floor.
Why pour a 5000sf slender, elegant floor plate in a day when it costs the exact same for labor and fractionally more in materials to pour a clunky 8000sf pad?
It also seems to be the way our grid is laid out and property lines are drawn that we end up with a lot of long, thin rectangle plots vs. more square-shaped properties that you might find in NYC.