Yeah, I can see ideally having 4-6 story apartments with underground parking surrounded by parkland, but nobody actually does that.
Cities make money on lot fees so if you have 100 acres to build on, $50,000 in lot fees per unit (lowballed), the city wants 100 houses paying $5mil as opposed to 3-4 apartment building paying a little more than that, not to mention property tax. Or, they'll do 3-4 10-20 story buildings with commercial in the bottom for a similar price.
Where does “gentle urbanism” even exist?
Cities that have that level of population density don’t typically have very many trees.
Yeah, I can see ideally having 4-6 story apartments with underground parking surrounded by parkland, but nobody actually does that.
Cities make money on lot fees so if you have 100 acres to build on, $50,000 in lot fees per unit (lowballed), the city wants 100 houses paying $5mil as opposed to 3-4 apartment building paying a little more than that, not to mention property tax. Or, they'll do 3-4 10-20 story buildings with commercial in the bottom for a similar price.
Cities make money on taxes. Commercial is where the real money is at.