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> I don't drive in cities A tiny proportion of any US metro area's real estate supports this lifestyle. Usually either the most expensive, or the most hurt by
by closeparen 8y ago
> I don't drive in cities
A tiny proportion of any US metro area's real estate supports this lifestyle. Usually either the most expensive, or the most hurt by gentrification and displacement. It's not a generalizable strategy without huge changes in zoning, public housing finance, and public transit infrastructure. I think we should make those changes, I vote for every pro-housing candidate and every transportation funding measure, but they are prerequisites. You can't turn off the old system before the new one is ready.
- kareemsabri 8y agoAgreed. I'm anti-car personally, but I wouldn't force my choice on the entire nation certainly. Or even the entire city.
- CalRobert 8y agoNot sure those areas really qualify as "metropolitan", then. The US has effectively no real cities. It has parking lots with mayors.