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> How exactly would you change downtown Manhattan such that anyone & everyone who wanted to live there could? That's not what we should be striving for. We sho
by RealityNow 9y ago
> How exactly would you change downtown Manhattan such that anyone & everyone who wanted to live there could?
That's not what we should be striving for. We should be striving to allow people to comfortably live and work outside of just downtown Manhattan. The biggest obstacles to that are zoning laws and a decrepit subway system that makes traveling between boroughs outside of Manhattan practically impossible.
- sliverstorm 9y agoOk, maybe I was unfairly projecting, a few days ago I was talking to someone who was making basically that argument, that we have the housing technology to fit everyone in <downtown city>. Improved public transit in & out to neighboring nodes is a good goal that partially sidesteps the zero sum nature of property.