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> Seemingly every other developed country has done a much better job of having the vast majority of people live in at least medium-density areas That's because
by onewaystreet 11y ago
> Seemingly every other developed country has done a much better job of having the vast majority of people live in at least medium-density areas
That's because the US has the most habitable land of any country. Russia, Canada and China are all technically larger but most of their population lives in their small habitable areas. The other European countries are not much larger than most US states.
- CalRobert 11y agoThis is a dubious claim - similar to the falsehood trotted out about how America can't do public transport because it's bigger than European countries. The size of the country isn't playing in to people's commute distances. The scale of infrastructure within cities and towns does, though. If your zoning laws mean that the nearest place to buy a box of cereal is 2 miles from your house, and for that matter if density restrictions, height maximums, and parking minimums mean you have relatively few houses per acre, your city (to use the term generously) is not going to achieve anything resembling medium density.
- onewaystreet 11y ago> This is a dubious claim There were other factors as well like car culture and white flight. Until the last decade living in cities was something anyone wealthy enough avoided because of the high crime rates.
- gozur88 11y agoIt's starting to head that way again.