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[โ€“] [email protected] 40 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Climate-wise, 5-10 story buildings are the most efficient, and they are plenty dense enough to support a good level of public transport service etc. It's probably not desirable to go much bigger except in the most constrained areas.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Source for them being more efficient than taller buildings?