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Could be similar to Dubai, where i think they had problems with buildings being erected faster than the infrastructure could be expanded to handle them. End result were skyscrapers that had to get their sewage removed by truck each day, etc.


And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why planning permission was invented. Your proposed subdivision exceeds capacity of existing roads? Sorry, can't build here, because you can't make bank while unloading your externalities on the town council or the county. You want to build in a floodplain? Sorry dude, can't have that, it will flood, and everyone living there is suddenly a burden on the public purse because their savings vehicle has just been drowned.


You want to not let people build skyscrapers to protect the egos of city authorities that can't build a sewage system that would meet the western standards of 100 years ago? Dubai has problems, but tall buildings aren't one of them.




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