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Originally Posted by ChargerCarl
I agree that densification is preferable, but there probably is a need to allow new construction on the periphery to keep costs down.
I mean yeah, if you're Tokyo you can get away with only building the core, but Britain has a growing population and is unlikely to allow Tokyo levels of new construction in the city center.
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Why are you interpreting the phrase "build up, not out" as meaning "build only in the city centre"? The city centre of most metro areas occupies a small proportion of its total land area and is often already pretty dense, leaving huge expanses of the city that could be made significantly denser before one needs to even think about occupying new land. Of course if you're going to limit increased density to within 5%? 10%? of the existing cityscape, then that will raise prices. But why would you do that?