Thanks for sharing

The talking points that make their way down to the commoners on the right tend to center around how: planning; transit; land use regulation and taxation, is a force against their freedoms. They aren’t invested in the notion of an increase in GDP and could care less about it. Their concerns lie in being able to drive where they want, cheaply.

Those of the regressive persuasion approach the issue from two different vantages, battling to grow GDP (profit) for those at the top and the ill-conceived notion that planning is somehow going to restrict freedom.

I’m also interested to hear about these attractive Communist hi-rises. All that I’ve seen in photos has been pretty uninspiring. Not like, say, the prewar Art Deco high-rises along the Grand Concourse.

Oh really? I guess you also believe that the Rosenbergs were innocent.

Remember, Mike Quill broke with the Communist Party over fare increases.

Also I’d like to point out that London, Paris, Munich, Madrid, Amsterdam, and Copenhagen have all been ruled by Socialists in the last 50 years.

Older central cities were built before the onset of restrictive land use regulation. That’s when mass transit systems were established.

Modern suburbs were created by massive federal infrastructure investment (ie. federal money for new suburban water and sewer systems) and restrictive regulations.

The “return to the cities” renaisance, such that it is, picked up steam during the Reagan Administration, even though Reagan didn’t like cities and sought to do them no favors. Why? Because federal investment in economic infrastucture in the suburbs and poverty infrastructure in the cities was cut.

I can tell you for certain that developers want to maximize permitted units per acre. In fairness, however, they also prefer to cut costs by eliminating sidewalks.

Also, to answer the question presented in the post: The ideology of fear will win…in the short term. I am afraid we are in for some extremely painful times ahead. But America just can’t support the prevailing lifestyle for much longer. The adjustments will be made. But it’s gonna get uglier before it gets any better.