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That's my point. US cities were/are/have-became so bad, due to the peculiar circumstances since WWII (insanely strong economic growth and real wage growth, cold
by pas 6y ago
That's my point. US cities were/are/have-became so bad, due to the peculiar circumstances since WWII (insanely strong economic growth and real wage growth, cold war anti-communism paranoia, car lobby, american dream, redlining/segregation/white-flight/SouthernStrategy), that most US cities didn't/couldn't function as engines of industry.
The US economy is subsidizing a "one car, one parking place, one hour commute policy", every new company, new job, new office in the suburbs. (And shuttle buses for Google, etc.) Instead of building better cities.
- babesh 6y agoLike you said, it’s the result of many years of various effects. But it wasn’t just subsidizing. You may not want to hear it but I think it was also the effect of personal choices. Not everyone wants to live in or have their kids grow up in a hive of activity without a lot of access to nature.