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> Suburbs are not providing value to their nearby cities, they are not factories nor agricultural lands That is simply not true. Suburbs is where all the manuf
by ars 2y ago
> Suburbs are not providing value to their nearby cities, they are not factories nor agricultural lands
That is simply not true. Suburbs is where all the manufacturing and warehousing is.
- piva00 2y agoSome suburbs, not residential suburbs with single family detached homes which is the point of Strong Towns.
- ars 2y agoAnd according to them what jobs do the people that live there have? Hmm? They are just wrong, but they'll never admit it.
- piva00 2y agoCan you provide data that shows that most people living in the suburbs work in the suburbs themselves? Hmm? If they work in the cities it's just the same argument from Strong Towns, live in higher density housing, with services and shops nearby so their way of living is sustainable and not a drain to the city's coffers to provide infrastructure where it's not sustainable.
- ghaff 2y agoI’m not in a position to look things up right now but around Boston, while a substantial number of people commute into the city, a lot of people work in suburban office parks especially from the less close-in suburbs. I’ve lived in an exurban small town for about 25 years and I only worked downtown for about 18 months. Heck, 15 years or so ago there was essentially no major tech company in the city proper any longer. All the computer companies were out by Routes 128 or 495. ADDED; And my experience over a few decades is that almost no one at those companies lived in the city.
- namdnay 2y agoSo? The argument is that these people should live in denser housing, not that they should just disappear :)
- jjav 2y ago> Suburbs is where all the manufacturing and warehousing is. Industrial areas are very different from suburbs. The only thing they have in common is both exist outside the city center.