Cities

Is it right for cities to limit how tall buildings can be?

For

It protects sunlight, views, and historic skylines.

Against

Height limits reduce housing supply and innovation.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • “20 story buildings are not human scale. You end up feeling like a dark cavernous downtown.”
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • “If you build skyscrapers on narrow streets, the street level environment will lack sunlight, airflow, etc.”
    RedditOriginal language: English

Against

  • “Should remove all height limits, lot setbacks, and parking minimums.”
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • “There is no good reason to have a height limit there”
    RedditOriginal language: English
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