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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We thought about DTSS because it was so much cheaper but due to the longer commute to downtown Washington on the red line, we bit the bullet and paid 20 percent more to live somewhere else. I’m so glad we did. Our neighborhood has not been free of crime — nowhere is — but it hasn’t suffered from nearly as much violent crime as DTSS. Even if we switched jobs and DTSS was closer to our new jobs I don’t think I’d want to move there now. I know a lot of people like DTSS and aren’t bothered by the crime, and I’m glad they found a place they like. For me it’s just too much. [/quote]
The people that are not bothered by the crime also seem to be the same people who support the enclavement of DTSS which results in making the neighborhood less convenient, as you deduced, and serves to increase crime. It’s unfortunate. While on an objective data basis it may not prove that your current neighborhood or DTSS are safer, the fact that you feel safer is very important and as you have also deduced, living under the constant uncertainty of how bad crime can get in that neighborhood has significant effects on your quality of life. [/quote]

What is the "enclavement of DTSS"?[/quote]
Leading urbanist Ed Glasser says that the “15 minute city” concept is equal to enclavement and ghettoization that reduces opportunity. This concept is being actively promoted by many in Silver Spring as the organizing principle for planning and development of Silver Spring. These same individuals have publicly balked at efforts to reduce sources of crime in the community. 
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2021/05/28/the-15-minute-city-is-a-dead-end-cities-must-be-places-of-opportunity-for-everyone/[/quote]

"Leading urbanist" Ed Glaeser? Ha. Not to mention that he should be embarrassed about that blog post, which consists of arguments against things nobody is arguing for.[/quote]
Is your contention, anon DCUM rando, that Harvard professor Glaeser is not one of the foremost urban economist in the U.S. and lacks expertise in this area? That’s pretty bold. [/quote]

Did you read the blog post? Who is saying that people should be forced to stay within their 15-minute areas, whether or not it has what they need, and that there should be no connections between 15-minute areas? That's what he's arguing against.[/quote]
That is not what is said, so you are misconstruing the point. If DTSS is determined to follow this path, there is evidence that it can lead to more crime. [/quote]

15-minute city: it should be possible for people to get their daily necessities within a 15-minute walk or bike ride of their homes.
you: this will lead to more crime![/quote]
You have not addressed the specific critique of this concept by the leading urban economist in the country that directly leads to such a conclusion. Everyone is free to their own opinions, however I prefer to listen to experts.[/quote]

Sure I did. His specific critiques are:

1. It's bad if you can't meet your daily necessities within a 15-minute walk or bike ride from your home but also can't get anywhere else to meet them
2. It's bad if the city overall is unconnected

However, nobody is arguing in favor of locking people within unconnected 15-minute areas, so those critiques aren't actually critiques.[/quote]
He never said “locking people”. If you’re going to be disingenuous at least be smarter about it. [/quote]

Nobody is arguing in favor of keeping people within unconnected 15-minute areas, so those critiques aren't actually critiques.
Nobody is arguing in favor of limiting people to unconnected 15-minute areas, so those critiques aren't actually critiques.
Nobody is arguing in favor of preventing people from using connections between 15-minute areas, so those critiques aren't actually critiques.[/quote]
I am bemused that you think you’re smarter than a Harvard professor who is the foremost expert in the field. [/quote]

Which field, specifically, is he the foremost expert in?[/quote]
I would guess that when you have a PhD, a publication record that’s almost incredible with an massively high H-index, authored the seminal book on the economic value or cities that is required reading for college students all over the country and has an endowed chair at Harvard then maybe you can be considered credible. I am not going to rule that out because anything is possible but I suggest that you get started asap because you’ve got a lot of ground to makeup. Cheers![/quote]

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