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Originally Posted by Rooted Arborial
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Your measures are dubious and simplistic. The negative effects of increased density are not limited to the presence of humans. I'm talking about breathing
space and avoiding the walled-in glut of mind-numbing excessiveness which is most of Manhattan. Certainly, Chicago is not there, but the city is heading into
becoming less healthy with each added tower. Chicago seems determined to prove that more is less - even though New York long ago proved that is the case.
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Design is the issue, not density. If density was the problem every American would look to Europe or Japan as a "walled in glut of mind-numbing excessiveness" rather than an alluring vacation destination. Paris, for example has nearly 3x the population density of Chicago in many places yet people aren't decrying the excessiveness of the city. Bad design (and also bad politicians) makes a city bad, not density.