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"Americans can barely afford homes.. where they want to live." There, fixed it. America is full of affordable homes but they're not in cute little walkable comm

"Americans can barely afford homes.. where they want to live." There, fixed it. America is full of affordable homes but they're not in cute little walkable communities. Zoning, demand, and density has driven up the price of homes in cities. People can afford homes, they just don't want to live in those places.

vonwoodson 3y ago
Agreed! Not everyone gets to live in a place with 10/10 schools, within 20 minutes of their work, and next to a "World-class Shopping Resort". Meanwhile small towns across America are shrinking into oblivion because they are "boring". If we were to put just a hint of "Go West Young Man" spirit into the youth, in 20 years we would have thousands more beautiful, livable cities across America. Did you know that, when the rail roads were built that there were hundreds of railway towns built. Many of which have high-speed internet (backbones laid in trans-continental railway easements in the 90's) and affordable homes. And, get this, have access to The Railway to ship goods to and from town. I feel like this is completely untapped potential in America today. Also, did you know that, the population growth of every city in the world was negative until the 20th century (meaning people would die faster in the cities than the rate they were being born). America has only been an "Urban" collection of nations since the 1920's, meaning we are only now re-discovering how awful cities really are. We definitely should spread---out.
- Izikiel43 3y ago
  > Go West Young Man California is probably the most populous state of the usa, so young men have been going west for a long while now.
  - vonwoodson 3y ago
    ok.. ok.. If you're already in California, go back east.
beej71 3y ago
It also has to be affordable to live in those places where houses are cheap. If there are no nearby jobs, for example, it's just not viable even if the house is free.

vonwoodson 3y ago

Agreed! Not everyone gets to live in a place with 10/10 schools, within 20 minutes of their work, and next to a "World-class Shopping Resort". Meanwhile small towns across America are shrinking into oblivion because they are "boring". If we were to put just a hint of "Go West Young Man" spirit into the youth, in 20 years we would have thousands more beautiful, livable cities across America. Did you know that, when the rail roads were built that there were hundreds of railway towns built. Many of which have high-speed internet (backbones laid in trans-continental railway easements in the 90's) and affordable homes. And, get this, have access to The Railway to ship goods to and from town. I feel like this is completely untapped potential in America today. Also, did you know that, the population growth of every city in the world was negative until the 20th century (meaning people would die faster in the cities than the rate they were being born). America has only been an "Urban" collection of nations since the 1920's, meaning we are only now re-discovering how awful cities really are. We definitely should spread---out.

Izikiel43 3y ago
> Go West Young Man California is probably the most populous state of the usa, so young men have been going west for a long while now.
- vonwoodson 3y ago
  ok.. ok.. If you're already in California, go back east.

beej71 3y ago

It also has to be affordable to live in those places where houses are cheap. If there are no nearby jobs, for example, it's just not viable even if the house is free.