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Should we ban ugly buildings?

Should we ban ugly buildings?

Update: 2025-11-24
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The YIMBY movement is divided about whether there is a tradeoff between building more homes and building beautifully. Ben, Sam and Samuel talk about how aesthetic regulations can make building more popular by generating goodwill from the public and decreasing appetite for historic preservation and how one can differentiate between good-faith complaints and pretextual arguments that make buildings economically unviable.

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Should we ban ugly buildings?

Should we ban ugly buildings?

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