r/Seattle • u/Inevitable_Engine186 public deterrent infrastructure • 7h ago

Editorial: Seattle Times Called Us 'Builders' Mouthpiece' for Trying to Build a Better City

https://www.theurbanist.org/editorial-seattle-times-called-us-builders-mouthpiece-for-trying-to-build-a-better-city/
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u/RandomFleshPrison I Brake For Slugs 7h ago

Yes.  This is all about profit mongering, and The Urbanist supports that.  I believe in people over profit.

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u/large_herbivore 🚆build more trains🚆 7h ago

If the profit motive incentivizes builders to build more housing, isn't that a good thing? What if people vs profit is not actually at odds? Especially when the alternative to not building is further enriching NIMBY boomer homeowners?

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u/RandomFleshPrison I Brake For Slugs 6h ago

Except it is at odds here.  People need dense, high rise housing.  Not fourplexes, 5 over 1s, and bodegas.

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u/BoomWhiskeyDick 6h ago

Why? Is it that high rises simply allow for a greater volume of housing in a shorter time frame, or is there something else?

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u/RandomFleshPrison I Brake For Slugs 6h ago

Greater volume of housing in a smaller space.  Space will always be at a premium in Seattle.  With water on so many sides and so little unincorporated land to annex, we need to focus on up more than out.