Re:Amsterdam preparing to lower speed limit to 30 kilometers...
by rsynnott on Monday October 02, 2023 @05:36AM
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... Hold on, making it _less desirable_ (and thus cheaper) to live in cities would be _gentrification_? How's that work?
(FWIW I don't agree that this does make it less desirable to live in cities; it will tend to reduce noise and improve the efficacy of the bus system, both of which make living in cities _more_, not less, desirable anyway.)
I wouldn't have thought most people living in central Amsterdam have parking, anyway?
Re:Amsterdam preparing to lower speed limit to 30 kilometers...
by pjc50 on Monday October 02, 2023 @05:43AM
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His argument is that "everybody" would move out, and that somehow this would push "up" prices?? Possibly it's a complaint that the "wrong sort" of people (younger) would move in?
(FWIW I don't agree that this does make it less desirable to live in cities; it will tend to reduce noise and improve the efficacy of the bus system, both of which make living in cities _more_, not less, desirable anyway.)
I wouldn't have thought most people living in central Amsterdam have parking, anyway?