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That may be true in your specific case, but is most definitely not true in general (your house also probably costs $3 million). Nonetheless, NONE of what you say justifies single family home MANDATES (as well as minimum parking mandates, minimum setbacks, maximum heights, etc.). Let people build what they want to, at the price they want to, and everyone will be happier. This is the United States we're talking about,…
My house costs way less than $3 million. The restrictions exist because people want to ruin neighborhoods like mine. We made laws to prevent it. For every sane YIMBY who wants to build livable density, there seems to also be an unhinged person who thinks everyone should be forced to live in tower blocks. Many such people are in this thread. I used to think it was a strawman argument, but those people really do exist,…
There's a big difference between high-rise and mid-rise, and all three can peacefully coexist. If you had watched the video I linked earlier you would have seen many examples of this. I will link it here again for convenience.
Population Density 101: A Visual Guide to Suburbs and Skyscrapers by Oh The Urbanity!: https://youtu.be/y3XoUBzfXps