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The fact that it's big doesn't matter. Building a million homes in North Dakota won't help anyone. People need to live near cities, where jobs are. Outside our
by VHRanger 3y ago
The fact that it's big doesn't matter. Building a million homes in North Dakota won't help anyone.
People need to live near cities, where jobs are. Outside our privileged white collar world where remote work is easy, others need to live in metro areas.
We need to build in and near cities, and improve the transit infrastructure.
- CapstanRoller 3y agoWe also need to create cities, and revitalize dying ones. There are many small towns in the US and Canada where I'd love to buy a house, but they all tend to suffer from the same terminal decline pattern: crumbling infrastructure, lack of opportunities, and a single WalMart supplying everyone while choking out all other business.
- konschubert 3y agoI sometimes daydream about building a city, just one, that prioritises cycling and walking over cars. If you like cars, you can literally live everywhere else.
- VHRanger 3y agoIn NA there's pretty much only Montreal
- konschubert 3y agoLet’s build a second city for those who prefer not to have cars dominate. :) I guess the question is if that alone is enough of a selling point to form a city. And then, the issue is always how you prevent the nimbys from taking over once the first batch of housing has been built.
- konschubert 3y ago"Build more houses" was meant as a shorthand for "Upzone cities".