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Talking Southern Auckland

One mistake = OH CRAP!

Late last month a Twitter conversation got going about how Urban Development is often held up by nit picking. Whether it be the example below by Francis or Transport Projects getting lost in the endless circle jerk of business cases. New Zealand suffers from the constant case of Paralysis by Analysis which earned my Urban Simulator remark below.

Why I love urban simulators
No nit picking with high density residential
Problem
S.i.m.u.l.a.t.o.r 🏗🏘🏢🏙🚧 https://t.co/kLeIwCnOQt
— Ben Ross (@BenRoss_AKL) March 29, 2019

Oh that disaster of a planning system
Tbf I do need to spatial plan
Then Unitary Plan
Then the building plan
Otherwise the city does fall over and you get mass abandonment
— Ben Ross (@BenRoss_AKL) March 29, 2019

As I quipped about how Urban Simulators seem to make things more streamlined, Nicholas reminded me about those sodding business cases. It then occurred to…

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