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Americans all want SFH but we have reached the reasonable limit of house density in most metro areas within commutable distances. That “commute circle” kept exp
by nytesky 3y ago
Americans all want SFH but we have reached the reasonable limit of house density in most metro areas within commutable distances. That “commute circle” kept expanding from street cars, to car transit, to highway arterials to suburbs and exurbs. But we need another jump in commute speed/distance to open up the next circle of suburbs/exurbs but we haven’t had any such jump since the 70s.
Maybe high speed rail to city centers with ample parking, that was sort of the hyperloop but that was a sham.
I think the best thing for US housing will be FSD — we can designate arterial highways during commute times as FSD only and have them operate at higher speeds like 100 mph — though I know efficiency drops significantly so hopefully we are fully electric by then too.
- aaomidi 3y agoAnd the pandemic showed that we don't need to all commute. That remote work, does work. Remote work mandates for companies would actually help revitalize americana economy, and provide more housing availability. While also reducing housing pressure from cities. Heck, people living in smaller cities will likely also have better inter-personal relationships and more fulfilling lives. But these companies that employ people are now anti-remote-work using made-up statistics.
- nytesky 3y agoIt did look like remote work would help the housing issue and allow people to migrate to second and third size cities, but that is backpedaling now and you need to be able to go to your office which gets us back to the original problem