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      7 months ago

      The equivalent suburb would be 10x the emissions because people drive.

      NYC needs millions more units of housing: this is how that happens in the densest parts of the city.

      Need to density other parts: sure. But it’s good to have buildings anywhere we can get them in NYC.

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        7 months ago

        You made a big mistake there, you assume working people live in these things…

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          7 months ago

          If you don’t build shitty apartments for the rich they’ll just gentrify poor areas.

          More housing is more housing.

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            7 months ago

            This is just BS as most apartments in skyscrapers are empty in general because not even rich people want to own that shit.

            How about that(above image) and good public transport?

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              7 months ago

              This is downtown Brooklyn - NYC. Building the apartments in your image would lower density where this skyscraper is being built.

              Luxury buildings in downtown Brooklyn are not for the super rich - they’re for the 1%ers who work at banks downtown, and will almost certainly be rental units which are pretty constantly booked.

              You don’t get how housing constrained NYC is.

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                7 months ago

                Lower density isn’t the problem with affordable housing and public transport.

                The skyscrapers are not good, they never are.

                Get public transport.

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                  7 months ago

                  We’re talking about Brooklyn NY

                  Do you know a single thing about Brooklyn NY?

                  Cause you don’t sound like you know a single thing about Brooklyn NY. Or about what it means to be housing constrained.