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Housing doesn't take care of itself. Cities built on the American car-centric model work fine until they reach a certain size and then traffic chokes them and
by mhneu 10y ago
Housing doesn't take care of itself. Cities built on the American car-centric model work fine until they reach a certain size and then traffic chokes them and quality of life for everyone goes down. Atlanta, a southern city, is a good example of a city whose economic growth is limited by traffic.
Society and government exist to help us citizens coordinate our efforts to solve problems bigger than any of us. Building public transit and forming density-friendly zoning rules are what we should all be doing together.
- rukittenme 10y agoPublic transit won't reduce the cost of housing in cities. The opposite has been shown. Zoning protects incumbents -- always. Incumbents are the reason more density is not being built in places like SF. Every solution you've presented has been done, is being done, and will always be done until it becomes politically unpopular to do so. I don't see how doing it again will solve anything.