I’m curious what value does shilin area have for industrial development? Like what the heck are all these science park doing?
Also why the hell would people want to live next to offices or whatever?
Who do you reckon works in “offices or whatever”? Do you think it might be people?
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I must admit I rather live next to offices than factories.
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There are many advantages in living next to offices. Generally quiet at night.
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“You cannot understand the load until you’ve carried it yourself.”
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Who do you reckon works in “offices or whatever”?
About half of them.
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I’d say that’s a generous estimate! Even more so if “work” is restricted to working for the company whose office they are in!
I don’t even know where to start.
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It’s not an invalid question. Office building environments can be unattractive living environments.
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One aspect that is immediately apparent to those of us who moved to Taiwan (instead of being raised here) is the willy nilly mixing up of commercial, residential, sometimes industrial, agricultural . . . Does zoning even exist here?
The positives: mixed use dense neighbourhoods with lots of amenities nearby. Often shorter commutes. Convenience.
The negatives: sometimes noisier. Mixing up industrial and agricultural uses is frankly stupid, though in fairness that’s not what Luthiers was bemoaning.
Guy
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Sure, that’s why they built and continue to build so many homes beside these offices. Because it’s unattractive.
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Toronto is apparently a miserable uaffordable place lately. I’m not sure you’d want to put this forward in the 2020s as a positive model of urbanism . . .
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I didn’t mention anything about price. Price has nothing to do with the question.
Similarly, if people are not wanting to move there because it’s not an attractive place, then the prices would not be high as the demand would crash and the prices would too.
In the last 20 years, Old Toronto has seen a 50% increase in permanent population.
Here is a picture of Taipei with housing interspersed with offices.
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Better than next to a garbage dump or industrial zone, worse than next to a mountain stream. Makes sense depending where ones starting point is.
Office districts tend to have nice things like sidewalks and accessibility for customers, unlike most of Taiwan. This might not be so obvious to people in parts of Taipei, but it’s obvious as an average nationwide.
If I were to do the city life, office districts would appeal to me. Sidewalks, parks, beautification, theoretically more educated (hopefully polite) population etc.
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What about large tents?
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“Science” generally means research and development, not industry. There won’t be any shoe factories in Shilin.
Usually quieter at night. And usually some good restaurants that cater to businesspeople
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