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Who can afford to live in a city (the only place you can really have most of that)? And of those who can afford to, do they want to, given rising crime and unre
by bluescrn 3y ago
Who can afford to live in a city (the only place you can really have most of that)? And of those who can afford to, do they want to, given rising crime and unrest.
Cities just to have an obvious purpose, but can successful cities be sustained in an era where so much retail has moved online, and jobs are being automated or done remotely, and the extreme costs of living or doing business in a city centre are getting harder to justify.
- CalRobert 3y agoPeople like living near other people. For friends, dating, leisure activities, etc. I work from home but I love that last night my wife and I took a pleasant 15 minute walk through pretty streets to get to a wine bar and hang out.
- dangus 3y agoI’m glad you asked. Tokyo keeps housing costs well below its peers by managing zoning at the national level and allowing all zones to include housing. Tokyo has had a housing surplus since 1968 despite a continually increasing urban population. Housing affordability isn’t really an issue of city versus suburbs, it’s an issue of zoning and urban planning. https://youtu.be/geex7KY3S7c https://youtu.be/geex7KY3S7c