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Originally Posted by JK47
I may not agree with the decisions often make planning wise and I certainly am in favor of dense urban design but I'm not comfortable with solving these problems by isolating zoning & planning from the democratic process.
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We shouldn't isolate from it completely, but clearly leaving each individual zone at the whim of aldermen who bend over for cries of "my views" and "so much shadow!" has shown that the city overall suffers. There should be fair input from both sides. The continued development of the second largest CBD of the country should not be stifled in this way. Chicago is known for big and tall, and yet we have these people constantly treating it like some midrise resort town and how dare buildings be built taller than 30 floors.