Soooo, how is high-density looking to everyone now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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What about historic districts ?

What about them?

Aren’t historic districts protected from what the mayor is proposing? If they are mostly comprised of two story buildings, how would a 12 story building under new zoning meet the compatibility test?

That depends on the type of historic district, what the regulations about historic districts are, and what the mayor is proposing, doesn't it?

Where in DC is the mayor proposing to allow 12-story buildings in historic districts where there are no 12-story buildings?

Also, in your opinion, what is the maximum number of stories that should be allowed in an exclusively two-story-buildings historic district, and why?

[Anonymous]

"Fast forward to early 2020 (i.e., before the COVID-19 pandemic), cranes littered sections of Los Angeles, including booming neighborhoods near transit lines, as multi-unit apartment buildings were being constructed. Wealthy boomers and others were (supposedly) abandoning the suburbs, moving to Los Angeles (and other cities), and driving up real estate prices in and around transit-oriented developments.

But we live in a different world now because of COVID-19 and the uncertainty that has accompanied the global pandemic. Our new world is in the embryonic stages of development of what can seem like a dystopian film noir.

Already, developers are rethinking hotels and other projects. But, there is hope that the pandemic’s lasting effects may be somewhat muted by the reality of remote work. Working from home has been a brutal experience for those of us lucky enough to still have jobs and the ability to work remotely."
-Rudy Salo

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rudysalo/2020/04/30/covid-19-and-the-future-of-development-and-commuting-in-los-angeles/#41455ec82644

Lucky for the densifiers, the author believes that we will end up hating working from home so much that eventually people will return to the cities to be closer to work.

[Anonymous]

Density kills.
No thanks.

[Anonymous]

Gov Cuomo seems to be a hero emerging from the COVID debris. People are even talking about his future potential for higher office.

“Why are we seeing this level of infection? Why cities across the country? It’s very simple. It’s about density,” Cuomo said at a recent news conference, punctuating his statement with a PowerPoint slide emblazoned with “DENSITY” in all capital letters. The coronavirus, the governor continued, “is very contagious. The dense environments are its feeding grounds.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gov Cuomo seems to be a hero emerging from the COVID debris. People are even talking about his future potential for higher office.

“Why are we seeing this level of infection? Why cities across the country? It’s very simple. It’s about density,” Cuomo said at a recent news conference, punctuating his statement with a PowerPoint slide emblazoned with “DENSITY” in all capital letters. The coronavirus, the governor continued, “is very contagious. The dense environments are its feeding grounds.”

Ask Cuomo about the level of infection in San Francisco.

The "it's density" argument is politically convenient for him, but factually incorrect.

[Anonymous]

I didn’t realize that San Francisco was upzoning the Marina, Sea Cliff, Sunset, Richmond neighborhoods for much greater height and density. Are they going to let 130’ buildings replace the low scale structures than line Columbus Ave and the North Beach streets?

So then why do that in DC neighborhoods?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn’t realize that San Francisco was upzoning the Marina, Sea Cliff, Sunset, Richmond neighborhoods for much greater height and density. Are they going to let 130’ buildings replace the low scale structures than line Columbus Ave and the North Beach streets?

So then why do that in DC neighborhoods?

It's one thing to say that density spreads coronavirus. It's wrong, but at least it's plausible.

It is another thing entirely to say that upFLUMming is spreading coronavirus. That's just ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

The "build, build, build" crowd of densifiers have already started to concede that the term 'dense' is a losing term with the further advance of COVID-19. You are starting to hear their narrative shifting Corona based issues with the term 'crowding'. You will start hearing a lot about how densification is good, but crowding is bad. Undoubtedly they will spin it to be another thing that increased density will solve, by eliminating 'crowding'.

While Los Angeles isn’t known for its dense landscape, the county is home to five of the 10 most “crowded” ZIP Codes — including the No. 1 most crowded — in the U.S., a recent Times analysis found. That means people are living in neighborhoods dominated by homes with more than one person per room, excluding bathrooms.

An analysis by New York University’s Furman Center found no relationship between the coronavirus and overall population density within New York City, with neighborhoods in Manhattan, the city’s densest borough, having some of the lowest infection rates. However, the study did find that the virus is more prevalent in areas of New York where more people are crowding into homes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Density kills.
No thanks.

Absolutely.

But it makes developers a crap ton of money. And the US population has been increasing, so the Hugh density movement will continue to succeed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Density kills.
No thanks.

Absolutely.

But it makes developers a crap ton of money. And the US population has been increasing, so the Hugh density movement will continue to succeed.

It makes developers a ton of money because people want to buy what they're selling.

Also, it doesn't kill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Density kills.
No thanks.

Absolutely.

But it makes developers a crap ton of money. And the US population has been increasing, so the Hugh density movement will continue to succeed.

It makes developers a ton of money because people want to buy what they're selling.

Also, it doesn't kill.

Does during a pandemic. And I doubt Covid will be the last one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Density kills.
No thanks.

Absolutely.

But it makes developers a crap ton of money. And the US population has been increasing, so the Hugh density movement will continue to succeed.

It makes developers a ton of money because people want to buy what they're selling.

Also, it doesn't kill.

Does during a pandemic. And I doubt Covid will be the last one.

Tell us about the dense development in Wicomico County, Maryland.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I didn’t realize that San Francisco was upzoning the Marina, Sea Cliff, Sunset, Richmond neighborhoods for much greater height and density. Are they going to let 130’ buildings replace the low scale structures than line Columbus Ave and the North Beach streets?

So then why do that in DC neighborhoods?

It's one thing to say that density spreads coronavirus. It's wrong, but at least it's plausible.

It is another thing entirely to say that upFLUMming is spreading coronavirus. That's just ridiculous.

UpFLUMming enables significant height and density to be added to less dense residential neighborhoods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn’t realize that San Francisco was upzoning the Marina, Sea Cliff, Sunset, Richmond neighborhoods for much greater height and density. Are they going to let 130’ buildings replace the low scale structures than line Columbus Ave and the North Beach streets?

So then why do that in DC neighborhoods?

Why indeed? And San Francisco has higher housing costs than Washington DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I didn’t realize that San Francisco was upzoning the Marina, Sea Cliff, Sunset, Richmond neighborhoods for much greater height and density. Are they going to let 130’ buildings replace the low scale structures than line Columbus Ave and the North Beach streets?

So then why do that in DC neighborhoods?

It's one thing to say that density spreads coronavirus. It's wrong, but at least it's plausible.

It is another thing entirely to say that upFLUMming is spreading coronavirus. That's just ridiculous.

UpFLUMming enables significant height and density to be added to less dense residential neighborhoods.

Please explain how making it possible to build taller buildings in the future is spreading coronavirus now.