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Shrugs... when you don't want to build, and then the only developers are the folks that can push through all the NIMBY, then this is what you get.
by lambdasquirrel 7y ago
Shrugs... when you don't want to build, and then the only developers are the folks that can push through all the NIMBY, then this is what you get.
- loeg 7y agoThe article is talking about public infrastructure — freeways, suburban development — all things planned by local government. Not private development.
- timerol 7y agoPrivate development funds public infrastructure though. So if you build really expensive public infrastructure, you need a corresponding amount of private development in order to pay for it. Really dense and valuable development like in downtown Manhattan can support much more expensive public infrastructure than a smaller town could.
- loeg 7y agoFunding sources and project direction for municipal government are a lot more diverse and complicated than the picture you're painting. Yes, everything kind of feeds into everything else; you could broadly call this "the local economy." Development is one piece of that, but not the only piece.