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"explains why Traditional Cities generally feel more pleasant than American cities." Fine, I'll call them out. Is there a culturally significant rate of immig
by VLM 12y ago
"explains why Traditional Cities generally feel more pleasant than American cities."
Fine, I'll call them out. Is there a culturally significant rate of immigration from American Sprawl Cities to ancient Euro Cities, or for that matter a culturally significant immigration from american sprawl cities to non-sprawl cities? Culturally significant means property values are imploding in emptying sprawl areas, not five guys on HN echo chamber each other's love for that style.
- pouetpouet 12y agoMarkets do not operate in a vacuum. There are fiscal, regulatory and financial incentives for sprawl. A new equilibrium with less sprawl and more walkable places is possible.
- _delirium 12y agoProperty values in the U.S. do seem to be appreciating the fastest in denser urban areas. I'm not sure it's precisely a sea change in favor of urbanism, but it's certainly a different trend than, say, the '70s, when urban property was losing value relative to suburban property in many cities. This extends even to cities that aren't traditionally very urbanized, like Houston: in the past 15 years, inside-610 property has been a much hotter market than outside-610 property.