04-03-2024, 12:02 AM
If I live in medium-density, single-family row housing, and that's the setting I want to live in, replacing the adjoining row houses with high-density, 5-story apartment complexes on either side means, in fact, I no longer live where I want to
In essence, things should never change. what a person sees now, shall remain, ad infinitum?
I don't agree with everything in that simplistic take of the guy in the video, but at its core is the resistance to the natural cycle of growth. change. scary stuff. yes, it is very possible that there will be apartment buildings built on land that people were hoping would remain vacant and underutilized for eternity. how were the existing apartment buildings constructed?
and you know what else? the land that was a quaint village, with nice wood-frame and masonry Colonial and Federal style buildings from the 18th century. mostly gone. does anyone regret and pine for those days? no, of course not, because they were not alive during that period. it's all conditioning and it's not unnatural, but it is unrealistic. and before that quaint "settler" village, it was farmland. and before that, it probably belonged to some native peoples. how far back shall we go to. preserve the "character" of a community?
In essence, things should never change. what a person sees now, shall remain, ad infinitum?
I don't agree with everything in that simplistic take of the guy in the video, but at its core is the resistance to the natural cycle of growth. change. scary stuff. yes, it is very possible that there will be apartment buildings built on land that people were hoping would remain vacant and underutilized for eternity. how were the existing apartment buildings constructed?
and you know what else? the land that was a quaint village, with nice wood-frame and masonry Colonial and Federal style buildings from the 18th century. mostly gone. does anyone regret and pine for those days? no, of course not, because they were not alive during that period. it's all conditioning and it's not unnatural, but it is unrealistic. and before that quaint "settler" village, it was farmland. and before that, it probably belonged to some native peoples. how far back shall we go to. preserve the "character" of a community?