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In the US, "spread out" == suburbanization which is a huge failure failure on so many levels. (Bad for environment, causes loneliness and isolation, and plain l
by Ericson2314 6y ago
In the US, "spread out" == suburbanization which is a huge failure failure on so many levels. (Bad for environment, causes loneliness and isolation, and plain less ROI because proximity creates the dynamic economy).
Unless we have a fully "post-growth" economy, we need more Urban core.
- majormajor 6y agoSpread out here would really more refer to separate cities (with varying levels of urbanness) e.g. Austin, Denver, etc, since the densest cities don't really have room for more suburbanization. Is there a point where proximity a la SF turns into too much of a monoculture to still be as long-term beneficial? (Those other cities, though, do have room to grow outward still, and so far keep going out; it will be interesting to see how long they can sustain that.)
- zip1234 6y agoThe inner suburbs should stop subsidizing it by not widening freeways. Right now outward expansion is highly subsidized by everyone paying for those roads and not just the people living 1hr away from the city center that are commuting.
- Ericson2314 6y agoNo cities in 2021 should be growing outward. Tracy, CA is an abomination, but so is the Sunset in SF. Broadway Junction in Brooklyn should be a second midtown. Building up Austin proper or building those up is equally good in my mind.
- andromeduck 6y agoIt also makes for inefficient infrastructure expenditures or poor quality of service.