I'm far from convinced of the idea that white suburban townships just borrowed a lot of money they never paid back
There has been an anti-suburbs reeeing among the city rats for at least 60 years. The latest is hue and cry is "unless we are all packed together like sardines the infrastructure is unsustainable!", or more insidious "since its cheaper per person to centralize everything the denser the population is, people who don't want to live like rats owe us money!".
I like the places that are laid out just like SimCity with only high-wealth commercial and industrial paying the bills for nice roads, with a high ratio of jobs to residents.
The whole concept of a suburb is because people needed to be close to cities, but diversity drove them from their city neighborhoods. A lot of people don't need to go to cities any more, and they are leaving the suburbs, which would relieve things a bit except for immigration.
And then, when white (and asian) people move back to the downtowns, they bring the magic soil with them, land values go up, and screams crying out "gentrification!" are heard.
There has been an anti-suburbs reeeing among the city rats for at least 60 years. The latest is hue and cry is "unless we are all packed together like sardines the infrastructure is unsustainable!", or more insidious "since its cheaper per person to centralize everything the denser the population is, people who don't want to live like rats owe us money!".
I like the places that are laid out just like SimCity with only high-wealth commercial and industrial paying the bills for nice roads, with a high ratio of jobs to residents.
The latest term is 15 minute cities.
From a city designer's point of view, it's easier to just lump everything in one place, and not every few miles like the suburbs require.
The whole concept of a suburb is because people needed to be close to cities, but diversity drove them from their city neighborhoods. A lot of people don't need to go to cities any more, and they are leaving the suburbs, which would relieve things a bit except for immigration.
And then, when white (and asian) people move back to the downtowns, they bring the magic soil with them, land values go up, and screams crying out "gentrification!" are heard.