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If state and federal governments didn't subsidize suburban infrastructure, cities would directly. The broader infrastructure network is vitally important for ur
by t-3 4y ago
If state and federal governments didn't subsidize suburban infrastructure, cities would directly. The broader infrastructure network is vitally important for urban areas, and the suburbs especially are essential to retain the workers needed for productivity. Framing this as cities being exploited by greedy suburbanites is just wrong.
- digdugdirk 4y agoCities would certainly naturally expand in a suburb-ish type of way. The issue with the current American style of suburbia is how expensive it is, and the extreme subsidies (both monetary and political pressure/force) what were implemented to set up the system in the first place. Without that, America would have much denser "European style" urban hubs, and likely more active small cities than currently exist.