Re:Walkable Streets Are More Economically Productive
by stale2002 on Thursday January 18, 2018 @04:54PM
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I am sure that is true for some people, but is it true for MOST people?
If anything, the examples you give mean that it is even more important to increase density.
This is because, for all of those reasons you mentioned, there are people who need to live in certain areas, but they can't, because they are priced out of the area!
The suburbs take up the majority of the world. If people want to live in low density areas, they can't live literally anywhere.
The problem is that the demand for high density is unfulfilled. Cities take a very small amount of space, when compared to the rest of the living space.
Thusly, there is nothing to lose. Don't want to live in a city? Then don't! You have 99% of the rest of the land to choose from.
If anything, the examples you give mean that it is even more important to increase density.
This is because, for all of those reasons you mentioned, there are people who need to live in certain areas, but they can't, because they are priced out of the area!
The suburbs take up the majority of the world. If people want to live in low density areas, they can't live literally anywhere.
The problem is that the demand for high density is unfulfilled. Cities take a very small amount of space, when compared to the rest of the living space.
Thusly, there is nothing to lose. Don't want to live in a city? Then don't! You have 99% of the rest of the land to choose from.