Posted Nov 7, 2019, 2:04 AM
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An Optimistic Realist
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Los Angeles, CA / West Palm Beach, FL
Posts: 5,604
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Originally Posted by jtown,man
I'll never understand a place like SF and DC because their suburbs also aren't so pro-development. Sure, DC metro builds a lot, but very little highrises. I get, no tall buildings in DC, but why not surrounding it(yeah I know Tysons is working on this, still). In SF, the surrounding communities don't have some "museum city" to retain, so what gives?
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DC could model after Paris, London, Barcelona, or Milan in terms of becoming denser while still maintaining a low rise scale. SF obviously can do the same and has with projects like Mission Bay.
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