Comments on: Social Outcomes and Height of the Building http://urbanplanningblog.com/463/social-outcomes-and-height-of-the-building/ Thoughts on Urban Planning and Design Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:21:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter Smith http://urbanplanningblog.com/463/social-outcomes-and-height-of-the-building/#comment-225 Peter Smith Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:00:30 +0000 http://urbanplanningblog.com/?p=463#comment-225 i read part of it, then skimmed a bit more, then gave up. to me, it seems he has agreed completely with the main researcher he cites, and that would agree at least mostly, if not completely, with what Jane Jacobs has said. racism plays a bit part, of course, but i never suspected anyone believed that 'tall buildings caused crime' -- wouldn't that be the gross overexaggeration that everybody thinks it is? not sure where the controversy is. strawmen? got me. i read part of it, then skimmed a bit more, then gave up. to me, it seems he has agreed completely with the main researcher he cites, and that would agree at least mostly, if not completely, with what Jane Jacobs has said. racism plays a bit part, of course, but i never suspected anyone believed that ‘tall buildings caused crime’ — wouldn’t that be the gross overexaggeration that everybody thinks it is?

not sure where the controversy is. strawmen? got me.

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