Increase density through zoning. Increase the amount of staff at the building department.

How is it a scam to pay someone for their specific and learned knowledge about all the things you are asking about? You want intimate and specific info from a reliable source and you aren’t willing to pay for this info. So you’ll do it yourself. But then you want others to give you the info that the one person who’s profession is to know what you want to know, would know. But yet you don’t want to pay them?

And many of the high rises actually pay the realtor a finders fee anyway so in many cases you would still get this info for free. Additional since it’s a high rise you would only have to pay 1/2 the fee since your realtor doesn’t have to share the fee with a co-broker (other side of the transaction).

Find a reputable realtor from DTJC and they’ll know all the answers from the perspective of multiple people they have housed at the variety of buildings you are asking about. Rather then get one off antidotes for a single perspective experience or passing conversation with a friend.

You need more land to increase mid rise density to match high rise. The developer doesn’t own more land to conform to your wishes. They OWN the property and as long as they get approval through the appropriate channels they should be free to build the building of their choice on their land.

Mid rise doesn’t always work for the lot size and the economics of building large multi family. I get you hate developers but they have their rights as well. You are free to object and get your local nimbys to join you.

But so far you made claims that aren’t based in the reality of the situation such as shadows and your feelings for mid rise vs high rise

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