The strange thing is that people don’t normally ask the question. It’s just assumed that all infrastructure generates positive economic returns, which is far from true.

You asked “where’s the solution.” This post is one bit of a large volume of Strong Towns material, and this series is only meant to explain one particular problem cities face.

The best source of Strong Town “solution” material is the “Action Lab,” https://actionlab.strongtowns.org/hc/en-us/categories/360004...