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ktxhopem3276 t1_j6ngotp wrote

Reply to comment by EmphasisFinal in Coming soon to West Deer: Nearly 170 new homes in 2 housing plans by dementedturnip26

Unfortunately all the better locations are built out and these developments are getting into very rural areas. Reminds me of south fayette, jefferson hills, plum, peters, etc Meanwhile nimbys in Oakland and shadyside keep fighting 12 story buildings closer to offices

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dementedturnip26 OP t1_j6o620w wrote

Yep, more than anything 15-20 story apartment towers would help, but we can’t seem to figure out how to do that.

I think a lot of homeowners also have a vested interest in not building these because of you built enough reasonably priced either apartment/condo towers it would eventually lower rent and housing costs

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ktxhopem3276 t1_j6o6r6a wrote

Yeah something like six stories is a big price jump and then 20 stories is another big price jump. So building 7-8 stories is not as efficient. That’s why you see a lot of 5 and 15 story buildings and developers prefer not to build 6-8 story buildings if they can avoid it

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