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There are various case studies linked here: https://www.strongtowns.org/the-growth-ponzi-scheme https://www.strongtowns.org/the-growth-ponzi-scheme > Anti-Amer
by TulliusCicero 6y ago
There are various case studies linked here: https://www.strongtowns.org/the-growth-ponzi-scheme https://www.strongtowns.org/the-growth-ponzi-scheme
> Anti-American title so people upvote it straight to the top without even reading it?
What kind of reflexive jingoism is this? Just because something critiques one aspect of the US doesn't instantly make it "anti-American".
- JW_00000 6y agoIs there a case study comparing American and European cities? Reading the article as a European, I do not find anything that is different from Europe. Also, is going into debt to finance infrastructure really a problem if total debt stays at ~100% of GDP? Overall, the article seems very alarmist ("Something is broken and we all know it.") without any data to back it up.
- cwhiz 6y ago>What kind of reflexive jingoism is this? Just because something critiques one aspect of the US doesn't instantly make it "anti-American" The arguments made in this article are not specific to US cities or towns. Go to virtually any country in the world and it is the same. I can't think of any other reason for this article to have made it to the absolute top of Hacker News. It certainly didn't make it based on the content of the article.