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There is nothing magical about NYC. It's just density and transit. Not science-fiction. You can build that stuff anywhere, we just choose not to - to enterta
by Pxtl 11y ago
There is nothing magical about NYC. It's just density and transit. Not science-fiction. You can build that stuff anywhere, we just choose not to - to entertain the conservatives who think transit is a social-program and social programs are evil, to the NIMBYs who are terrified of buildings that could cast a shadow in their neighborhood, to car-commuters who refuse to accept that successful cities don't have free parking and fast traffic.
- emodendroket 11y agoPerhaps they simply do not want to live in a "successful city," or one that is successful by this definition.
- massysett 11y agoOr maybe people don't like density and transit?
- davidw 11y agoThen they should stay away from cities. There are plenty of great places like Lakeview Oregon where that will not be a problem in the foreseeable future. This is also probably a financial win for them, because a growing city means rising prices, making it easy to sell out and go live somewhere rural.
- Pxtl 11y agoThe law of supply and demand and skyrocketing prices within major cities implies that far more people want to live in such environments than currently do. Nothing wrong with the ones that don't, but the people who want that lifestyle are apparently not being accommodated by current urban policy in general.
- flanbiscuit 11y ago> transit is a social-program and social programs are evil That and racism and/or classism. Wealthier neighborhoods are afraid that a public train will be bring the poor through their neighborhoods therefore inviting crime. My friend's family who live in Arlington Texas told me how their community voted 'No' on building a sidewalk because of this very reason. A sidewalk! http://www.citylab.com/crime/2014/12/the-myth-that-mass-transit-attracts-crime-persists-in-atlanta/383609/ http://www.citylab.com/crime/2014/12/the-myth-that-mass-tran...
- ams6110 11y agoI don't see anything wrong with a neighborhood democratically deciding they don't want sidewalks. Not much different than other covenants and restrictions many neighborhoods have, such as no vinyl siding, no boats parked in the driveway, etc.
- tekromancr 11y agoYea, but the goal was to keep "those people" (for whatever your value of "those" is) out of your neighborhood. I fail to see how that is not a discriminatory practice.