>>1332456Yes, and because infrastructure is MUCH cheaper to provide in dense buildings/neighborhoods, urban dwellers effectively subsidize utilities for those in suburban and rural areas. Don't even get me started on the expense of highways and overpasses for suburbanites.
>>1332479Gotta admit I enjoy how buttmad you are. Consumer preference has spoken and people want walkability. Get over it. You probably hate the real New York too so no matter how things are built you're going to whine.
>>1332503I have an unpopular opinion, but it seems everyone else in America (even hard urbanists) misses the point. City living has a lot of desirable qualities and Americans want to pay for those qualities. Therefore rent goes up in our most walkable and transit-oriented cities. Blue-collar people are driven out and that sucks for them.
But the silver lining is, many people could return to America's 2nd-tier cities and drive new development and transit. I think America's cities have been undergoing such a big transformation the last several years, there are inevitable growing pains.
