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emblem-man posted...

I think we just fundamentally disagree on that.
Would you at least agree with making areas that are still generally undeveloped, to start out as being upzoned? And your point is that some cities are too far gone to further upzone, should just "take the L" and concede that they've hit capacity?

Sure, I don't think there's anything wrong with starting with an undeveloped area and choosing high population density is your starting point. Because if it gets too crowded you still have room to expand.

And yes, although I wouldn't call it cities taking the L. It would be like claiming that a concert venue took the L because it stopped selling tickets when it hit the fire safety capacity. I'm claiming more that there's a certain density at which it's no longer healthy or safe for humans to live and acknowledging that fact isn't a flaw of any individual system or plan but simply the limits of what we as humans can handle.