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Yahoo!The reason that slow growth and pro-growth seem mixed up on the building height issue [No Building Height Ordinance—Yet, April 24] is that high density in high rise buildings have always made sense for inner city areas. Perhaps the first and most extreme architect on this issue is Paulo Soleri, who designs megastructures that house a city and leave the land uncovered for agriculture and nature.
Slow growth in the city really just translates into growth in the suburbs or beyond and crowded highways and maximum pollution and energy consumption. Growth in the city should be as dense as possible, as close to employment and schools as possible, and as close to mass transportation corridors as possible. Of course if it is to be used by downtown employees and students it needs to also be affordable for them.
Allowing city planners to [use] increased height in multi-use neighborhoods for high density affordable housing is the right combination for a sustainable Santa Barbara. Lane Anderson
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