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		humanrebar on May 20, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Forty Percent of the Buildings in Manhattan Could ... > Most of those buildings could be built today, but would require a variance. If the buildings will be built anyway, why have the rules in the first place? How is having one set of written rules and another set of actual rules not a form of corruption?

Alex3917 on May 20, 2016 [–]

> If the buildings will be built anyway, why have the rules in the first place?

Because the developers have to do something for the city to get the variance, like creating a privately owned public space.

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