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To: willcousa who wrote (125764)1/22/2001 7:13:19 PM
From: Adam Nash  Read Replies (1) of 186894
 

The easiest way to enforce high density housing is to quit building expressways and transit. It has happened in Chicago and the downtown and surrounding housing stock is being gentrified and increased. Suburban acquaintances are moving back into the city as commuting is much more difficult. It has been great for the vitality of the city center with livelier neighborhoods, more theatre, more restaurants.


I like that logic. Here's the translation: "Make it painful to live outside the city. That way, economic demand for the city will skyrocket, and people in the city will benefit by increased importance and business attention. People living outside the city will rightfully suffer through bad commutes until they learn their lesson."

What you are saying is basic supply and demand, based on quality of life, including aspects like transit. However, this is a pretty scary line of reasoning for any type of solution, since you pit the needs and quality of life of one segment of the population (urban) against (suburban). Recent demographics do not really defend that type of action.

Why not just spray napalm on the yards of people who live outside the city? Or impose a fine? Or just make it plain illegal. There are a lot of things we can do to make living outside the city painful. That'll shift supply and demand.
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