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klenwell | 2 years ago

Ask and ye shall receive:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-over-1

See a lot of these in my area (Southern California). I'm ok with them. Probably need more.

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snapplebobapple|2 years ago

I'm a fan of those, however, I do think they are a symptom of bad overegulation of the higher density rather than the ideal. The ideal for me is much closer to what lots of Europe looks like with basically that but all next to each other filling the whole block, usually along a narrower street so you get the more ideal 3 to 2 ratio of street width to building height and on the first floor it's all small to medium shops so the street is interesting to walk on. To make that possible here would would have to get rid of minimum parking requirements and change a bunch of practices around building public roads, which would probably be for the better. I am happy to see the 5 over 1 being allowed and gaining traction though.