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Absolutely agree! In my opinion the only way is to make smaller cities attractive! No matter how high or wide you build. People want to move to cities. Except t

Absolutely agree! In my opinion the only way is to make smaller cities attractive! No matter how high or wide you build. People want to move to cities. Except they see a chance in smaller viliages. So we need more / attractive jobs in villages and better infrastructure. Including theaters, cinemas, shops, kindergartens etc etc.

kitsunesoba 8y ago
Much easier said than done. For this to happen you’d have to convince multiple companies, hopefully across several industries, to risk opening offices and shops in such towns on nothing but faith that they’ll fill up in a somewhat timely manner, and then you have to convince a bunch of folks to move to these towns. Neither is particularly simple or straightforward. And of course, there also a large portion of people who have no desire to live in towns or suburbs, and these plans wouldn’t appeal to them at all. I’m personally in this camp — I’ve had enough small town for a lifetime already.
- Bombthecat 8y ago
  I don't think it about people. In my old town a bunch of offices closed and moved to big city. They didn't hire new people. (probably also a way to get rid of old people which didn't want to commute 1 hour to the city) Also : why must it be 4 million city? Shouldn't it a 500k also enough? But right now, even those cities bled people. Moving to big cities.
  - kitsunesoba 8y ago
    For my situation at least (and likely for many who move to large cities), more people means more freedom in several ways. Better choice of jobs, often the ability to walk straight out of one job into another, more variety in social circles, more things to do, bigger dating pool, and improved likelihood that people have better things to concern themselves with than each other’s personal lives. It doesn’t come without downsides, but the negatives are comparatively trivial for many.

kitsunesoba 8y ago

Much easier said than done. For this to happen you’d have to convince multiple companies, hopefully across several industries, to risk opening offices and shops in such towns on nothing but faith that they’ll fill up in a somewhat timely manner, and then you have to convince a bunch of folks to move to these towns. Neither is particularly simple or straightforward. And of course, there also a large portion of people who have no desire to live in towns or suburbs, and these plans wouldn’t appeal to them at all. I’m personally in this camp — I’ve had enough small town for a lifetime already.

Bombthecat 8y ago
I don't think it about people. In my old town a bunch of offices closed and moved to big city. They didn't hire new people. (probably also a way to get rid of old people which didn't want to commute 1 hour to the city) Also : why must it be 4 million city? Shouldn't it a 500k also enough? But right now, even those cities bled people. Moving to big cities.
- kitsunesoba 8y ago
  For my situation at least (and likely for many who move to large cities), more people means more freedom in several ways. Better choice of jobs, often the ability to walk straight out of one job into another, more variety in social circles, more things to do, bigger dating pool, and improved likelihood that people have better things to concern themselves with than each other’s personal lives. It doesn’t come without downsides, but the negatives are comparatively trivial for many.