Saturday, September 01, 2012

A question for Joel Kotkin: What happened to choice?

Joel Kotkin, who often correctly defends auto-oriented suburbs as reflections of many people's preferences, has written that he opposes a new zoning code for Hollywood that would allow for it to become denser.

The code does nothing to force developers to build 50 story apartment buildings, it simply allows developers to build 50 story apartment buildings.  Hollywood is, as he notes, a bit scruffy, but it is also adjacent to  some very expensive real estate, with the Hollywood Hills to the north, Hancock Park to the south and West Hollywood to the west.  It also features two subway stops on a subway line that has pretty decent ridership.  It is entirely possible that market forces would lead developers to increase its density, were they allowed to do so.  These market forces also reflect preferences.


 

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dr2chase said...

"Choice" is for people who agree with my preferences. :-)

David Benoff said...
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gcallah said...

I don't think massive city subsidies for megaprojects are "choice," at least for those forced to pay for them!

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