62.50% - Single-family-only zoning is the primary legal instrument of the housing shortage — you can't solve scarcity while keeping most land off-limits to additional households.
37.50% - Most of Seattle should be upzoned — not to highrise density, but to gentle density: duplexes, accessory dwelling units, small apartment buildings.
The denser a city, the better it fulfills the core functions of urban life.
28.61% - Single-family-only zoning is the primary legal instrument of the housing shortage — you can't solve scarcity while keeping most land off-limits to additional households.
17.74% - Parking minimums require more parking than the market demands, raising construction costs and consuming land — the market should determine how much parking gets built.
14.52% - Dense cities done well have better parks, walkable streets, transit, and local businesses — density is enjoyable when it's designed intentionally.
10.87% - Hong Kong and Taipei demonstrate that high-density urban environments can be highly livable — excellent transit, good public spaces, functioning economies. Density isn't the enemy of quality of life.
6.52% - Concentrating population in cities is more efficient per capita in almost every measurable way — smart growth policy should make cities more appealing to live in.
6.52% - There's a point where adding more people to a fixed space creates costs faster than benefits — good planning finds that optimum rather than just chasing maximum density.
6.52% - Uniform density from edge to center is badly designed — the goal should be a gradient, denser near transit and commercial centers, stepping down outward.
4.35% - Seattle hasn't run out of space — the constraint is zoning, not land; single-family zones represent enormous potential for gentle density.
4.35% - Every unit built in dense urban areas is several acres of suburban sprawl that didn't have to happen — cities absorbing growth protects forests and rural character.
50.00% - The denser a city, the better it fulfills the core functions of urban life.
50.00% - Denser cities function more efficiently because shared infrastructure is how cities create value.
0.00% - The denser a city, the better it performs the function of a city that society should want from cities.
50.00% - History of cities
