Wow, full blow republican tinfoil hat talking point about 15 minute cities now? |
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What is the time frame of comparison point for the sales tax data in the study? Is all of this using pre-2020 data or does some of if include 2020 to present data. |
And yet progressives themselves will tell you how that’s the urban design of the future. The only language y’all are fluent in is gaslighting. |
Yeah, god forbid we encourage development where its so convenient to live that you don't need to spend 20% of your take home pay on a car to get you from a to b and you could just use your two legs and feet. The absolute horror. |
Which highly dense cities anywhere in the world have cheap housing? |
There is plenty of affordable housing in DC. You’re just afraid to live in those parts of town. |
Berlin |
Berlin housing overall is not cheap. Less expensive rents can be found in the massive “Plattenbau” Soviet-era housing blocks that still exist in former East Berlin. Is that the vision that the Density Bros have for NW Washington? |
So, just to be clear - you endorse the 15 minute city model, then? |
...lots of them? |
Even a deeply urbanist publication like CityLab things 15-minute cities are not realistic or feasible or even very wise: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-29/15-minute-cities-have-lofty-goals-questionable-economics |
the article you link to doesn't say any of those things |
plenty, if you're willing to live in places like bangladesh or mogadishu |
This. |
"The economics of the 15-minute city don’t really work." It certainly does. |