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miabananaz t1_j1isxdi wrote

Reply to comment by George4Mayor86 in Development v. Historical Preservation? 14 Gay Street in Greenwich Village by BarbaraJames_75

No messing with the Greenwich village & West Village. We're not turning those into Midtown and have the city look like Dubai.

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Open-Abbreviations18 t1_j1l2p16 wrote

Oh so the outer boroughs have to look like Dubai instead? That's nice. Upzone everything. Literally everything.

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miabananaz t1_j1ml72q wrote

My point is that Manhattan is on the right track, it has a high population density and amount of apartment units per square foot.

There are many other areas that are prime for development, where it would be much easier, faster and cheaper to do it. Keep doing it in Manhattan, but do it elsewhere too. There are areas within 40 minutes of Midtown with the train that are basically ghost towns throughout, and instead people would push hard to put something up in Soho, which as-is is already overcrowded, dirty where the infrastructure cannot keep up with all of it.

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George4Mayor86 t1_j1it449 wrote

yes it’s very important that no unsightly newcomers live near the fancy white people

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miabananaz t1_j1iunwx wrote

Manhattan is already the most densely populated borough, and this is without even factoring tourists + people who commute to work: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/m_pl_p2_nta.pdf

So it's not like it's not getting enough work.

What boggles my mind is why would you oppose more housing in the Bronx, since this will increase diversity? You frequently post in /r/DemocratsforDiversity . Are you for or against making the Bronx more diverse?

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George4Mayor86 t1_j1ivvcl wrote

I want more housing in the Bronx, and in Manhattan, and in the rest of the boroughs. Unlike you, I’m not a NIMBY who only wants anything new far away.

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