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You've got it exactly backwards. Density is cheaper and more sustainable than running miles and miles of brand new sewerage, roads etc into spread-out suburbs.
by Clewza313 5y ago
You've got it exactly backwards. Density is cheaper and more sustainable than running miles and miles of brand new sewerage, roads etc into spread-out suburbs.
The big difference between Japanese and American cities is that Japan is built for trains, which scale up really well, and the US is built for cars, which don't.
- RHSeeger 5y agoI don't have it backwards, you're just not following what I'm saying. I agree that denser housing and construction in general is far more efficient. However... I'm not talking about constructing a town from scratch. I'm talking about an existing town. Adding the infrastructure for high density housing to a town that wasn't originally designed for it is very expensive.
- JAlexoid 5y agoCurrent "trend" is medium density housing, with smaller roads. Most of US is 9+ months out of the year a walkable climate. Putting down a small self driving street car for short trips removes a lot of road congestion in town. And if you just place navigation tags into the pavement - you avoid the need for expensive AI based nav system.