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Re:What If Urban Sprawl Is the Only Realistic Way to Create ... by heurist on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @03:34PM (#12500475)
It's not. I'd recommend Jane Jacobs' "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" to anyone interested in a comprehensive picture of what it takes to make cities livable: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Life-Great-American-Cities/dp/0...

Also read up on all the work Singapore is doing to increase density without ruining their economy or environment while improving livability.

And some further reading on the dynamics of city growth: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal....

I love thinking about this stuff, complex and fascinating :)

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Re:What If Urban Sprawl Is the Only Realistic Way to Create ... by krob on Thursday September 15, 2016 @05:22AM (#12504549)
This is funny. Singapore is one of the most expensive places to live on the planet. Density there, people work so many jobs just to live in the smallest possible dwellings.
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