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Real estate value in cities rises because of scarcity and demand which then makes any sort of redesign prohibitively expensive. Instead we opt for half-assed a
by 01100011 4y ago
Real estate value in cities rises because of scarcity and demand which then makes any sort of redesign prohibitively expensive. Instead we opt for half-assed approaches like ADUs to provide increased density with substandard units in areas that aren't capable of handling the increased density.
A better approach, if we could muster the political will, would be to raise the large amounts of capital needed to transform large swaths of low-density suburbia into a comprehensively planned neighborhood. Otherwise, short of bombing the US back to the stone age and starting again, we will be trapped by the layouts of the 20th century.
- mawise 4y agoThere's a cool approach called Transit Oriented Development[1]. You build a corridor of public-transit, and rezone the area around the corridor for higher density. Then it becomes economically viable for developers to build higher density in those areas and the urban infill can occur more organically. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit-oriented_development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit-oriented_development
- diordiderot 4y agoTransit oriented development is a good solution as well. Build bus rapid transit and train lines and remove height restrictions 500m in every direction of each station