Very good summary of how we got here. Relaxing zoning won't help many places though. For eighty years development has been planned around freeways, which became necessary because of bedroom communities, and they are the "rivers" creating "islands" in the cities. There won't be any easy way to make 15 minute cities with this infrastructure and the subsequent sorting of all hotels in one area, all junkyards in one area, all medical centers, etc. All the power station routing, all the water routing that supports those concentrations.
Pretty hard to burn down freeways. Maybe I just see that because I'm surrounded by stacks of them. If even a little section of one is closed, the traffic diversion affects the area around them for miles, including other freeways. Brings home, literally, what a seething mass of movement is constantly going on in a big city and how supplies are distributed, or not.
True, but everything around them usually burns. Once the homes and businesses are destroyed and insurance companies are bankrupted from mass claims, the area is ripe for a land grab. Its one of many ways to drive out the ordinary population to be able to steal their property, but probably the most efficient.
Phoenix had a "neighborhood" plan some years ago. Then the mayor and council all became Democrats. Now it's tear down old neighborhoods, build apartments, stack 'em up, make them ride the light rail.
Brilliant analysis. My local community is struggling between revitalization while keeping out mega corps that want to raze old communities to erect their big boxes. Permitting eclectic neighborhood shops to develop would add character and interest.
I think that the main reason the city is dragging their feet is that tax revenues from older communities aren't as high as newly constructed residential tracts. Without revitalization older communities eventually deteriorate to the point where no one wants to live there so there is little opposition to tearing them down.
The one difference being that even though you had everything on the doorstep for your everyday needs, you were still FREE to go beyond the boundaries and go to the coast, countryside or wherever. In THIS vision, you will NEVER get to go outside of your 'zone' because all your happiness and satisfaction is to come from tech and devices.
Very good summary of how we got here. Relaxing zoning won't help many places though. For eighty years development has been planned around freeways, which became necessary because of bedroom communities, and they are the "rivers" creating "islands" in the cities. There won't be any easy way to make 15 minute cities with this infrastructure and the subsequent sorting of all hotels in one area, all junkyards in one area, all medical centers, etc. All the power station routing, all the water routing that supports those concentrations.
Looks like the plan is to burn it all down.
Pretty hard to burn down freeways. Maybe I just see that because I'm surrounded by stacks of them. If even a little section of one is closed, the traffic diversion affects the area around them for miles, including other freeways. Brings home, literally, what a seething mass of movement is constantly going on in a big city and how supplies are distributed, or not.
Early in 2021, AOC suggested dismantling freeways around major cities and Biden supported it.
True, but everything around them usually burns. Once the homes and businesses are destroyed and insurance companies are bankrupted from mass claims, the area is ripe for a land grab. Its one of many ways to drive out the ordinary population to be able to steal their property, but probably the most efficient.
Phoenix had a "neighborhood" plan some years ago. Then the mayor and council all became Democrats. Now it's tear down old neighborhoods, build apartments, stack 'em up, make them ride the light rail.
Brilliant analysis. My local community is struggling between revitalization while keeping out mega corps that want to raze old communities to erect their big boxes. Permitting eclectic neighborhood shops to develop would add character and interest.
I think that the main reason the city is dragging their feet is that tax revenues from older communities aren't as high as newly constructed residential tracts. Without revitalization older communities eventually deteriorate to the point where no one wants to live there so there is little opposition to tearing them down.
It is indeed superlative.
The one difference being that even though you had everything on the doorstep for your everyday needs, you were still FREE to go beyond the boundaries and go to the coast, countryside or wherever. In THIS vision, you will NEVER get to go outside of your 'zone' because all your happiness and satisfaction is to come from tech and devices.
When I hear “make America great again” this is what I’m talking about.