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Why can't we have single family plus high density where it makes sense (near transit, major roads and freeways)? This push to ruin suburbs is just ruining thing

• milkytron 5y ago
  We sort of can, but it's mostly temporary on a long term scale unless you're talking about areas really far from the core of a metro. When more people move to an area, there is (generally) more economic opportunity. With that comes rising land values and demand to live in that area. As cities grow, expand, and generate wealth for the residents, they envelop the suburbs, and development makes those suburbs more urban. If you keep those suburbs as single family housing, their value goes up tremendously at the cost of everyone else. It is not beneficial for the community at large to have these single residences in areas that could provide jobs, services, organizations, to many more people. Having more people also increases the tax base for a city compared to a single family.
  • bagels 5y ago
    It still seems like rezoning a few blocks for high density vs the whole city for duplexes would be more effective and less disruptive.