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Can tall buildings solve the housing crisis in big cities?

For

They allow more people to live in limited land areas.

Against

High-rises can be expensive and ruin city skylines.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • Most of the solution to the housing crisis comes from higher density sites
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  • Tall buildings use more material per unit area and require a bit more operational energy... they also massively cut down on transport costs
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Against

  • Tall buildings don't really solve the density problem.
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  • For residential buildings, apartments and such 4 floors is supposed to be somewhere near the ideal density I believe
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