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Downtown cores have the highest population density, and thus the lowest average commute for a typical set of workers distributed around a metro area.
by praxulus 5y ago
Downtown cores have the highest population density, and thus the lowest average commute for a typical set of workers distributed around a metro area.
- asciimov 5y agoThe largest groups that live in my metros downtown core are, swaths of poor people who's crime ridden neighborhoods have yet to gentrify, the insanely wealthy who gentrified the best of the dilapidated old homes, and young hipsters who live in condos. For the most part (in my area), the only reason companies have moved downtown is because the city has given them sweetheart deals to be there. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of workers commute into the downtown area, because it's not a desirable place to live.
- azemetre 5y agoI think this is vastly dependent on the state and the "downtown." Where I live, Boston, it's mostly the upper classes that live in and around the city. All the poor people have been nearly priced out to the suburbs or even other states (New Hampshire or Rhode Island). Of course there are wealthy cities and suburbs, but if you want a walkable commute within reason, <15 minutes, you pay a premium.
- fridif 5y agoNow imagine if your downtown core was "anywhere with an internet connection"[1], and your commute time was "sub 500ms". [1] including Africa, the open ocean, space, Papua New Guinea, a jail cell....