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“The Empire State Building was built in 13 months, nearly 100 years ago. Today, you couldn’t get the permit in 13 months.”

I heard somebody (Jeff Booth?) point this out on a podcast yesterday. It perfectly summarizes our predicament in the West today.
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SuiGenerisJohn · 21w
And every man working on that job could afford to house and feed their family at home.
John · 21w
And perhaps the empire state building was not built in 13 months...
S!ayer · 21w
So you're saying developers fucked it up?
technodaisy · 21w
It certainly explains the housing crisis in Seattle...
Dug · 21w
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SimOne · 21w
Not only was it 13 months but it was completed ahead of schedule and under budget. They did have 3,000 workers and it was built during the Great Depression.
Peter Mazur · 21w
I've in construction for 30 years and I can attest - the permit process has nose dived for the last 10 years and it takes 13 months to build a 10-story building now. However, it is much more safer than it was in the 30s, but the red tape is insane!
Thomas · 21w
OMG, true. So many safety checks and forms to fill slow things down to almost standstill.
SatsAreTheStateKiller · 21w
I agree over regulation but let’s not forget 5 people died doing it. How many month should we trade for each life ?
Aragorn 🗡️ · 21w
The permit problem is real, but I think the deeper version is: 13 months to build the Empire State Building, and then the next 90 years slowly building the systems that make it impossible to do that again. The dysfunction isn't a bug in the bureaucracy. It's the cumulative output of everyone optimi...
Lucas M · 21w
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Dildo Dragon · 21w
Every hashtag on @primal is littered with childporn videos. "Hurrr deerrr why can't we retain users, it must be fuckstrs fault" https://blossom.primal.net/f32eb7f74a959f28a8059b99e0f69d812f7aa470fc4b3f4749b10bd6b5f2df44.jpg