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Thus, NIMBYs and city haters are standing in the way of history.

Lobbying for height restrictions? Lobbying against the next Michelangelo.

Paris has height restrictions, which doesn't seem to have deterred artists.

Paris has height restrictions, which doesn't seem to have deterred artists.

On the contrary, http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/a096d1d0-d2ec-11e2-aac2-00144...

Your linked article does not support the case that height restrictions are what is making Paris, or other global capitals, expensive.

But thanks for the link, I found it an interesting read.

Other articles on HN have supported the idea that height restrictions contribute to scarcity, and that scarcity contributes to high prices. The supply is not allowed to increase to meet demand.

Maybe that's what attracted Napoleon.

Napoleon actually wasn't that short: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_Napoleon...

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