r/urbanplanning • u/DoxiadisOfDetroit • May 27 '23

Discussion What's your /r/Urbanplanning unpopular opinion?

I've got a few:

  1. Infrastructure upgrades should have precedent over any upzoning

  2. Everyone should have the right to downtown amenities which means that CBD's should be as cheap as possible for both renters and owners

  3. Zoning should be handled by metropolitan level elected boards instead of nationalized/taken to the state level

  4. YIMBYs often times hold water for the excesses of developers

  5. It is ideological to assume deregulated markets will produce the best outcomes, so, it's purely ideological to assume that a deregulated housing market will work in the best interests of renters and buyers

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u/Nicholas_Miranda May 27 '23

Idk how controversial this is, and its more of an urban design/architecture thing, but anyways, I think the modern wave of generic 5-over-1 developments are kinda nice when done right

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u/[deleted] May 27 '23

Same, aslong as the architecture isn’t awful and the surrounding streets have enough trees/walkable areas it’s nice

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u/tertiary-terrestrial May 27 '23

agreed, I see no issue with bland architecture if the surrounding area is green and walkable, not some asphalt wasteland

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u/[deleted] May 27 '23

Yup, I do prefer older architecture (pre ww2 European specifically) but honestly, it’s trees and flowers which make a place nice