Historical figures have moved to cities in the same way for centuries
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Historical figures have moved to cities in the same way for centuries
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Re: Historical figures have moved to cities in the same way for centuries
#2Thus, NIMBYs and city haters are standing in the way of history.
Lobbying for height restrictions? Lobbying against the next Michelangelo.
Re: Historical figures have moved to cities in the same way for centuries
#3For a moment after reading "a study of 150,000 historical figures that shows cities have long acted as cultural magnets" I was wondering if 'historical figures' referred to people or the actual data. In this case, it's both!
Re: Historical figures have moved to cities in the same way for centuries
#4Thus, NIMBYs and city haters are standing in the way of history. Lobbying for height restrictions? Lobbying against the next Michelangelo.
Paris has height restrictions, which doesn't seem to have deterred artists.
Re: Historical figures have moved to cities in the same way for centuries
#5Thus, NIMBYs and city haters are standing in the way of history. Lobbying for height restrictions? Lobbying against the next Michelangelo.
Paris has height restrictions, which doesn't seem to have deterred artists.
Paris has height restrictions, which doesn't seem to have deterred artists.
On the contrary, http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/a096d1d0-d2ec-11e2-aac2-00144...
Re: Historical figures have moved to cities in the same way for centuries
#6really a lot of pro-city living propoganda on HN. I've just accepted its not the mountainsteader demographic.
Re: Historical figures have moved to cities in the same way for centuries
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Paris has height restrictions, which doesn't seem to have deterred artists.
Paris has height restrictions, which doesn't seem to have deterred artists. On the contrary, http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/a096d1d0-d2ec-11e2-aac2-00144...
Your linked article does not support the case that height restrictions are what is making Paris, or other global capitals, expensive.
But thanks for the link, I found it an interesting read.
Re: Historical figures have moved to cities in the same way for centuries
#8Of interest to me is if this trend will or even is still continuing now that we don't rely on the slow communication and transportation methods of the past. I'm currently working for a company slightly past "startup stage" with a bunch of smart people in as rural a location as you can get in the North East and we constantly fly out and teleconference with big partners and clients in San Francisco without much or any net price/hassle if you factor in all the cost/time/stress savings of our location.