Not all your points are supported by data. Urban land and housing is the most valuable. Urban areas produce the most wealth. Some of your points are self-fulfi

Not all your points are supported by data. Urban land and housing is the most valuable. Urban areas produce the most wealth. Some of your points are self-fulfilling: Commuting from suburbs necessitates more expensive infrastructure, for example. American urban problems mostly have solutions that are exemplified in other parts of the world: Social housing from Austria; highly trained armed response police separate from "everyday" police in several countries. Letting go of American exceptionalism is in most cases a good thing.