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According to one study US GDP would be 9% higher if SF, LA, and NYC made room. They estimate NYC would grow to 40 million people. https://www.aeaweb.org/articl
by burlesona 4y ago
According to one study US GDP would be 9% higher if SF, LA, and NYC made room. They estimate NYC would grow to 40 million people.
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/mac.20170388 https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/mac.20170388
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- no_butterscotch 4y agoIt may be good that they don't make room then. I wonder if the US would just become a group of 3 or 4 large sprawling city-states.
- SllX 4y agoSFBA (maybe w/ Sacramento Area and Monterey Bay Area), Greater LA, Seattle Area, Portland+Vancouver and that’s just the West Coast. Add in the 4+ in Texas, two or three different parts of Florida and we haven’t even touched on the Northeast or Midwest still. Nah, the US would not become merely 3 or 4 large sprawling City-States. For all of us city dwellers, there’s plenty that want nothing to do with anything that resembles a City.
- mactrey 4y agoIsn't it weird to use the word "sprawling" here? A world where major cities are affordable would be more dense. It would be easier to preserve land for its natural beauty. The US today is sprawling.
- kitten_mittens_ 4y agoThis comment reminds me of https://www.theonion.com/new-study-finds-most-of-earth-s-landmass-will-be-phoeni-1819579315 https://www.theonion.com/new-study-finds-most-of-earth-s-lan....
- ZoomerCretin 4y agoWhat problems do you think would arise from such a situation?
- jdkee 4y agoGibson discusses this. https://williamgibson.fandom.com/wiki/The_Sprawl#:~:text=The%20Boston%2DAtlanta%20Metropolitan%20Axis,the%20busiest%20data%20exchange%20rate https://williamgibson.fandom.com/wiki/The_Sprawl#:~:text=The....