Thu Feb 18, 2021, 07:42 PM
Star Member Yavin4 (31,980 posts)
If places like New York city and San Francisco are popular places where people want to live, then...
Why aren't there more cities like NYC and SF in America? I'm not talking about their population densities. More like their urban design. More walkable places that are less dependent on cars. More mixed used zoning between residential and retail. More public parks.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215129856If places like New York city and San Francisco are popular places where people want to live, then...those people need to have their heads examined.
When I saw the Alfred Hitchcock movie Vertigo, I thought that San Francisco looked like a nice place to live and it probably was back in the 1950s but nowadays I'll take a pass on being forced to dodge human feces, discarded drug needles, and violent mentally ill dirtbags.
Response to Yavin4 (Original post)Thu Feb 18, 2021, 07:44 PM
Star Member The Velveteen Ocelot (92,332 posts)
1. Many cities expand gradually and somewhat unpredictably in ways having to do
with existing geography and demographics. It's hard to redesign a city that's already fully built up and populated.
No problem, just put democrats in charge and any city can be a shithole just like SF or NYC in a generation or two.
Response to maxsolomon (Reply #6)Thu Feb 18, 2021, 08:06 PM
Star Member Irish_Dem (11,039 posts)
7. I think Biden is hoping to build this kind of thing in the US.
I would love rail.
If you go to other countries their bullet trains are unreal.
Response to Yavin4 (Original post)Thu Feb 18, 2021, 08:08 PM
Star Member mr_lebowski (19,337 posts)
8. You can't just make more San Francisco's. Why don't people just paint more Mona Lisa's? nt
Once people have been potty trained, it's hard to get them to crap on the sidewalk.