Heritage: Why?

@cmkusher It is a bit silly to have a height limit of 20 stories. There should be no height limit in these areas - why not allow the tallest building possible

At the risk of being labelled a NIMBY I legitimately don’t understand why anywhere away from the city centre and surrounds (which should be much more dense) needs to have that sort of height unless it is a legitimate new CBD (like Parramatta in Sydney). 6-8 storeys is surely tall enough as you move further away from the centre of the city (not just Melbourne but any city). Some of these heights, should they get built are going to stick out like a sore thumb. abc.net.au/news/2026-03-1…

Victoria is doing economic development by allowing more homes near jobs - something the US is still struggling with.

Heritage restrictions save buildings but ruin the community. They drive the young and low incomes away. They have made Balmain old, privileged and boring. @Emilie_Dye explains instagram.com/reels/DV-d7q5k…

Two view of humanity. From a talk I gave some years ago. Relevant today.

Nimbys who care about conserving nature should support this, because it's the best way to prevent suburban sprawl - which is easily the form of urbanism most destructive to nature

@wheelreinvent It’s more like: Selfishness: yimbys want more choice of homes for ourselves Selfishness (again): yimbys believe greater quantity of people makes better neighbourhoods (which increases competition for homes unless we have more of them)

Yimbyism is ideologically weird because on one had it assumes total selfishness (redistribution won’t work, only boosting supply will) but on the other hand is reliant on selflessness (you should support more housing in your neighborhood even if you think it will make it worse)

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This defence site in Carlton is about to be sold, and the Melbourne council is already planning to do everything they can to limit the amount of housing that can be built there. innercitynews.com.au/defence-audit-…

How do the hundreds of residents of this apartment building feel reading that the Melbourne Lord Mayor believes their homes shouldn't exist? Just wild that he holds the belief that tall buildings should not exist here, a 5-min wak to CBD.

Why is Melbourne more affordable to buy or rent than the other big cities? Because we're building more homes everywhere to give young people more choice and more power in the market. The Liberals will reverse our changes, remove your choices, and make the housing crisis worse.

it is endlessly fascinating to me how the density conversation has changed so rapidly in just a few years

Girl Who Is A YIMBY Because She’d Like More Mom-and-Pop Indian And Thai Restaurants In Her Neighborhood and Not Exclusively “New American” Places

@justbeans4 I think many people who live in these apartments would disagree with you

Am I crazy because none of the dwellings they have built are 1) liveable for long term 2) good at all really

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Here is one of the major reasons why Melbourne is the best city in the world

This is a good article from @swrighteconomy and it brings up a good broader point about heritage listing. If something is important enough to be heritage listed shouldn't it also, in most cases, be something that is accessible to everyone. I get there may be a small number of situations where that isn't possible like genuinely historically significant residences that people live in. Otherwise heritage listing should be for the common good and properties that are on the register should be accessible by the public. Another good reason to do away with heritage listings and protections on many residential properties or if you keep them, buy it off the residents and make it a public good. brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/feder…

@Sokkaz_ A neighbourhood is not the buildings, it is the people inside it. Let people live how they want to live.

@heritage_why A neighbourhood is the buildings inside it. knockdown-rebuilds clear the land of established vegetation and expand footprint until you have stormwater & heat island issues. Places turn back into housing estates whilst contributing heavily to the trades shortage & climate change.

The owners are rightly upset about potential heritage restrictions coming to their properties. theage.com.au/politics/victo…

@Sokkaz_ I disagree. I don’t think new homes are worse; often they can look better, and more importantly they are much nicer to live in

@heritage_why If you check the council maps, half of the buildings with heritage overlays have already been demolished. It's worth protecting nice or unique single family homes from being demolished IF they're just going to be replaced by aesthetically worse single family homes.

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interesting letter to the editor in @smh today: