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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Better to build more 4-8 story apartment buildings downtown and near transport nodes than exacerbate sprawl by only allowing densification of suburbs.

All zoning should be densified and multiple use.  Copy Japan's 12-zone model. http://urbankchoze.blogspot.com/2014/04/japanese-zoning.html

Permitting needs to be simplified.  By-right development within zones, and use of appropriately certified and bonded third-party inspectors, with digital records of progress inspections and code compliance.

UNTAX homes & the buildings that support living & working. Exempt building values from property taxes.  
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The options are not status quo vs 4 story buildings. The options are status quo vs these gargantuan, monstrously and oversized buildings.

It’s telling that your real objective is just “property rights”. You’re just a libertarian hiding behind messaging to make it sound like you care about justice. [/quote]

I'm not hiding it...property rights presage any "justice".  I'm perfectly willing to tax the heck out of those government-enforced property rights, provided we exempt the building value.

The Single Tax on land values frees humanity from rentiers, equalizes historical inequity, houses the homeless, feeds the hungry, and cares for the sick. Why do we tax the houses and housers, the feeders, and the carers?  Because we don't raise enough money from the Land-Lords.  [/quote]
I think your libertarian fantasies have been indulged enough. [/quote]

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