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In Australia at least, this is partly because those who actually work are forced to live further out. Those who are retired, don't need to work, or have senior
by ImaCake 2y ago
In Australia at least, this is partly because those who actually work are forced to live further out. Those who are retired, don't need to work, or have senior remote roles have a stranglehold on the inner suburbs. We have a donut of outer suburbs with young families with retirees in the inner suburbs. Essentially its just poor distribution of resources. Those who would benefit from being in inner suburbs can't have it while those who don't really need to be any specific location, except inner suburbs tend to be pretty nice, take up that space.
I can't see the article so maybe this is explained already.
- giantg2 2y agoThere are some reasons for older people to be in the inner suburbs. For example, better access to public transport as they get too old to drive. Also, with increased healthcare needs being close to major providers/facilities can be beneficial. The problem is that the area is attractive to everyone. In theory a better approach would be to start new cities to increase the number of inner suburbs. Instead we see cities expand, increasing demand for the limited supply of "good" areas.
- ghaff 2y agoThere are a lot of smaller cities with at least somewhat walkable areas. But they're smaller, tend to have much less of a cultural scene, little in the way of public transit, more limited healthcare options, etc. What makes inner suburbs of many larger cities attractive is that they provide access to major city amenities without the downsides of living in an urban core.
- giantg2 2y agoYes, but instead of growing the smaller cities to create those same amenities, we end up with the complaints about the inner suburbs being inaccessible to younger people.