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Suburbs don't have this problem, there is plenty of parking automatically since people have more space there. I've started to notice that all the car problems
by ars 2y ago
Suburbs don't have this problem, there is plenty of parking automatically since people have more space there.
I've started to notice that all the car problems are just in dense cities: Nowhere for kids to play, noise, lack of parking, cost, safety, etc etc.
None of those issues exist in suburbs and rural.
(PS. They don't need more parking just because they have larger units.)
Once the city is dense enough then it's all mass transit. If it's not dense you use cars and there is no trouble with them. It's those cities right in the middle that have all the problems.
- CalRobert 2y agoSadly current rules make it hard to transition from low to high density
- ars 2y agoWhy would you want to? The people in low density like it that way, and the people in high density like it that way. It's a good thing that it's hard to change the city from under them! Leave the density alone and let people move to whichever they like better. Just be extra cautious about the medium density cities.
- hombre_fatal 2y agoWho pays for low density? https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024/4/1/heres-the-real-reason-houston-is-going-broke https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024/4/1/heres-the-real-...
- CalRobert 2y agoThere are lot of people in low density who would _like_ to be in high density. However, these places are absurdly expensive (despite often being more efficient and cheaper to provide with services) because they've been illegal to build for 70 years, so the stock has been stagnant or declined while the population has grown.
- rsingel 2y agoSuburbs definitely have car problems, just not parking. Can't afford a car? A kid trying to get to a friend's house? Anyone trying to walk or bike anywhere? Traffic jams? Car deaths and accidents? Architecture centered around parking lots? Runoff filled with tire and brake runoff? Wildlife deaths and habitat destruction? Climate change? A massive military budget to ensure cheap oil prices? Suburbs are built on externalities.
- ars 2y ago> Can't afford a car? Cars are not that expensive. > A kid trying to get to a friend's house? Hardly a problem - just bike there. Just how far apart do you think the houses are? > Anyone trying to walk or bike anywhere? It's wonderful!! Have you ever actually been in one? There's basically no traffic, you have lovely quiet streets. > Traffic jams? Non-existent. > Car deaths and accidents? Very very few, it's just not that dense, so the accident rates are dramatically lower. > Architecture centered around parking lots? That's cities, not suburbs. > Runoff filled with tire and brake runoff? Again, that's cities, not suburbs. Suburbs don't have much car traffic. > Wildlife deaths and habitat destruction? Almost none - the houses are embedded in nature. > Climate change? Cities cause much more of that. > A massive military budget to ensure cheap oil prices? Yah, that's not what it's for. And cheap energy is used for a lot more than transportation. > Suburbs are built on externalities. You talk like someone who's never actually lived in one.
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- pjc50 2y agoHow's the job situation in the suburbs?
- ghaff 2y agoThat’s a location, industry, and categorization of urban/suburban/exurban/rural discussion. And things can change over time. In the late 90s for example almost all of the tech jobs around Boston were in the suburbs and many still are outside of the outposts of west coast companies.