I think Strong Towns would point out the timeline for this “golden quarter” was roughly the first generation of the suburban experiment, where incredible wealth

I think Strong Towns would point out the timeline for this “golden quarter” was roughly the first generation of the suburban experiment, where incredible wealth redistribution happened by paving over cities and replacing them with sprawling suburban metroplexes. The problem is most of that development didn’t pay for itself, and since then more and more of our wealth has been sucked into maintaining unproductive infrastructure and development. Sustaining the unsustainable is very hard work. https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2011/6/16/the-growth-ponzi-scheme-part-4.html https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2011/6/16/the-growth-pon...