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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even the YImBYist of YImBY groups acknowledge that this will do little to nothing to create affordable housing.

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2023/4/26/upzoning-might-not-lower-housing-costs-do-it-anyway

So, in the end we should go through all of this to have “walkable urban neighborhoods” in areas of suburban housing that few people have asked for, and in fact many of them moved away from on purpose.[/quote]

At least they are saying the quiet part out loud now. It’s not about housing, it’s about people who can’t afford to live in the city recreating a city in the suburbs.

Interesting that the article mention Somerville as some form of ideal. The genius planners there let a bunch of beloved local, independent restaurants and shops get bulldozed to make way for a much larger Tufts science lab. [/quote]

Which "quiet part" is now "out loud"? [/quote]

Are you the same poster in this thread that nearly always needs assistance in reading comprehension?

The writer introduces an idea and then addresses it in the very next sentence. It’s not a complex word problem.[/quote]

Are you referring to "It’s not about housing, it’s about people who can’t afford to live in the city recreating a city in the suburbs." If so, that's a self-contradictory statement. If it's about people living in the suburbs who can't afford to live in the city, then it actually is about housing.

Maybe the poster meant to say that Strong Towns is saying the out-loud part out loud?

Your assumption here seems to be that the suburbs should never change. I have news for you: the suburbs have changed, are changing, and will continue to change. This would be true even if you could wave a magic wand and get the University Boulevard corridor plan and BRT canceled tomorrow, forever. You can't stop the change. You can only try get the change to be change you want, versus change you don't want. So, what change do you want? [/quote]

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