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[–] [email protected] 47 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Being the U.S, there's basically zero chance that it would be high-rises. Instead, there would be McMansions. Also a lot more parking lots

[–] Rolando 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The McMansions are on the cliffs above. The high-rises are for the workers.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan 6 points 10 months ago

McMansions are for workers. That's how they got their name. Big like mansions, but built as cheap as possible so that they're (relatively) affordable.... Until they start falling apart in 15 years.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

This looks like low-mid density. So much roads/wasted space and like 10 high rites do not make a high density neighborhood.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No, real estate moguls have learned that apartments and high-rise condos and hotels are more profitable than single family homes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sure, when zoning codes allow for them.

So you know, essentially never.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

If they rezone a national park to residential it will definitely be highrise MDU.

Edit more space efficient for the NIMGC tree huggers

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why do you say that? We destroy plenty of nature and it almost always ends up single family home suburban sprawl.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Continuous grade of square footage is one factor, the suburb would have trouble with sprawl and boulder ingress

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes, car centric suburbs have tons of problems but when has that ever stopped us? We build them in literal flood plains, and along cramped mudslide prone mountains. I’ve never heard of an empty piece of land in the middle of nowhere being zoned for high density residential in the US.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I figured the sides of the canyon would get in the way of profitability