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Re:Approaching Peak Housing Dysfunction in California by Spellman on Thursday July 25, 2019 @06:16PM (#20530347)
Strong Towns notes that the real cost of spreading out is all the infrastructure you need to maintain.

Running water? Gotta run the pipes further. Road access? Gotta pave (and maintain) more road Power? Same thing

Plus having decent response times for emergency services, quick commute to things like groceries as you mentioned.

Not to mention having critical mass for a commercial district with any sort of variety within reasonable distances of each other to compete and cross-pollinate.

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Re:Approaching Peak Housing Dysfunction in California by DrScump on Friday July 26, 2019 @04:21AM (#20533212)
But they ignore the risks of infill where infrastructure approaches capacity. And much of the infrastructure dates back a century or more. As you infill, demand for water/sewer/gas/electricity increases.
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