HRM Planning Should Be Ashamed

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FWIW, taste and design are two completely separate things. Taste is subjective and design is a science taught in educational institutions worldwide. Taste can't be regulated but design can. The building in question seems to have been built based on a balance sheet alone ignoring design principals. Personally, I'm meh on the materials used. Material used is secondary to design. Folks often will pick up on materials used as their primary complaint because design ability is not everyone's bag...which is why we have a design industry which employs those who do have the talent and education to design. This developer maximized his profit at the expense of the community and blamed the housing crisis.

I've recently read a bit about how accumulated wealth is the biggest reason behind the high cost of housing. Things like inherited wealth leading to investment housing and 30%+ of down payments for housing purchases being funded by parents driving rising housing costs to the point of becoming completely untethered from earned wages. Googleable stuff and worth a read.