I road trip frequently and it’s astonishing how much space there truly is.
Unfortunately our national attitude around population growth would need to change.
Adding on to existing cities in any direction other than “up” is frequently denigrated as “sprawl”.
New cities seem to be the sole purview of idealistic libertarian billionaires… which would be fine except they’re the only ones who even talk about it. Not that these ever get built.
Getting citizens and then the government comfortable with the idea of building nice new places would really help - in addition to all the heroics already being done in existing cities around zoning, transit, and housing regulations.
We don't even need new cities. We already have loads of previously-amazing cities in the US that are waiting to be rebirthed. We need more investment in what we have. Though with the push for suburbanization continuing unabated, this probably won't happen any time soon.
Unfortunately our national attitude around population growth would need to change.
Adding on to existing cities in any direction other than “up” is frequently denigrated as “sprawl”.
New cities seem to be the sole purview of idealistic libertarian billionaires… which would be fine except they’re the only ones who even talk about it. Not that these ever get built.
Getting citizens and then the government comfortable with the idea of building nice new places would really help - in addition to all the heroics already being done in existing cities around zoning, transit, and housing regulations.