Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it

Re:Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it by dashundchen on Thursday February 16, 2017 @11:22PM (#13665909)

When density is so low outside a city's relatively tiny core, like in most American cities, it's no surprise areas with short commute times are so expensive. Maybe if we densified our cities prices wouldn't be so out of whack.

It doesn't have to be Manhattan like densities either. Many German cities, for example, are full of 4, 5, 6 story buildings. Dense enough to support frequent transit and common enough to not have astronomical rents.

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Re:Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it by closeparen on Thursday February 16, 2017 @11:24PM (#13665921)

Exactly. We should be doing this, and then driving will fall away of its own accord. Not directly attacking driving before/instead of doing this.

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Re:Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it by obstinate on Thursday February 16, 2017 @11:47PM (#13666000)

Much of Manhattan is not that dense either. I mean, it's denser than most places, but a decent chunk of it is the exact type of thing you're describing -- five to six story buildings.

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Re:Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it by ant6n on Friday February 17, 2017 @12:19AM (#13666126)

You can achieve decent density with town houses & small yards. Like Queens, London, Montreal.

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