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>extremely dense urban population centers. As in Manhattan everywhere Sounds like hell to me.

• droopyEyelids 8y ago
  The point is, one should pay enough that infrastructure maintenance of their location is possible. StrongTown's thesis (that isn't really in question) is that suburban sprawl is financed by handouts from the government, but nothing finances the maintenance of that sprawl after the initial build out. StrongTowns does a lot of analysis proving that densely occupied areas generate enough revenue to repair their gas, electricity, transportation, sewage etc- but less dense suburban areas do not. If dense population is hell, then you better pay enough money for repairs that happen on 30+ year cycles, or else you're looking at another type of bad situation.
  • claydavisss 8y ago
    Most of the US is sprawl and seems to be adequately handling maintenance. Density is not a necessary precondition for economical maintenance...NYC's subway system is in a shambles despite the highest density in the US, and mostly affluent residents. Only a few places in the US have both sprawl and very high labor costs. It would be a crisis if the entirety of the US resembled Palo Alto and had similar costs...but this isn't the case.
• woolvalley 8y ago
  You can also have Barcelona everywhere. That is dense enough.