3 ms·

thanks for the reply. never been to houston. been to salt lake city, it's too spread out for me but surprisingly it feels walkable, even in 100°+ heat. probably

• cyberax 3y ago
  > do you ever wonder why dense cities are dense though? we're all fooled? slaves? red pilled or whatever color the saying is There are no conspiracies, just pure market forces. Dense cities are more efficient for _companies_ because they allow access to larger talent pools. Basically, if you are Google, it might make sense to open an office near Amazon's campus, and hire away some of Amazon's engineers. This has an externality: more people will have to commute into that small area, resulting in longer commute time. Alternatively, they can move to live closer to that workplace, downsizing their living space and/or increasing the real estate price (more people competing for an inherently limited resource). We also know the market way to fix that: price the externalities via taxes or cap-and-trades. In this case, the density needs to be treated in this way.
  • lozenge 3y ago
    This ignores that people actually enjoy living in dense cities. There is a reason that so much media is set in NYC or a big city, people see it as exciting.
    • cyberax 3y ago
      People enjoy _visiting_ dense cities (I do too!). Living there? Not so much: https://www.builderonline.com/money/economics/80-percent-of-americans-prefer-single-family-homeownership_o https://www.builderonline.com/money/economics/80-percent-of-...