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The problem with converting cities to walkable paradises is that a portion of the highest profit margin customers for any large business (rich people) will alwa
by planetsprite 4y ago
The problem with converting cities to walkable paradises is that a portion of the highest profit margin customers for any large business (rich people) will always drive cars. Creating a walking only city limits the option for these people to separate themselves from the masses.
- isubkhankulov 4y agoI can see how you might feel this way but have you ever visited NYC, London, Moscow, or Madrid? All are good counter-examples of your supposition.
- planetsprite 4y agoEach one of those cities is flooded with cars.
- Tade0 4y agoIt all boils down to the direction urbanization is going. My country has been actually slowly de-urbanizing for the past 20 years or so: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS?locations=PL https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS?locat... It's an exception to the rule in the region, but a significant one. Affluent people, who could afford cars, moved out to have more living space in exchange for having to drive everywhere. A more recent version of this is just not being able to afford an apartment in the city - those people opted for what must be the weirdest type of housing there is - an apartment in the middle of nowhere. Statistics say that indeed it's still the rich who drive.