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Urban wealthy YIYBY types are typically either driven by political ideology, a profit motive or plain old simplistic virtue signaling. Most of the big western w
by olivermarks 4y ago
Urban wealthy YIYBY types are typically either driven by political ideology, a profit motive or plain old simplistic virtue signaling. Most of the big western world metropolises infrastructure is exhausted and creaking at the seams, yet the desire to pack more and more people into environments with massive issues around water, sanitation, energy and transport is sold as a human right.
Far better to create new cities close to natural resources and stop 'old world' cities becoming swamped by overpopulation imo
- elgenie 4y agoThere are huge economies of scale that come with density that lower the per-capita cost of water, sanitation, energy, and transport; and accompanying gains in per capita productivity. And, for reasons that should be obvious, the places "close to natural resources" in which it makes sense to have cities tend to already have cities in them.
- olivermarks 4y agoHistorically this is correct but once you pack too many people in, whether a tent, a car or a city quality of life breaks down and things get worn out fast unless you are wealthy. Density and lower per capita cost doesn't mean quality of life as many third world cities and Favelas illustrate