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Originally Posted by GGG
And the uncontrolled expansion of a city outward is driven by ......
Population growth and a refusal to densify existing space (and creating transportation infrastructure to reach the burbs). But without densification all anti sprawl policies do is increase housing cost.
Does a person moving into the city have the same right to be in the city as a person who lived here since the 1940s. I say yes they do.
So we have a two options to fit these people into the city we can increase the density or we can build out.
So anyone opposing increases in density is a direct contributor to sprawl.
A person living in the inner city on a 50x150 lot is occupying 7500 soft of space. A person living on the "postage stamp" 35 x 100 lot in the burbs is taking up 3500 sqft of space. Therefore the person in the large lot has twice the contribution to the size of the city as the yon gobbler.
Everyone whether currently living in a home or new to the city can make a choice of where to live. For example if the person on the inner city lot moved to Auburn bay and allowed a developer to bulldoze and build a 4 plex. Their decision would actually reduce sprawl in the city.
Density is the measure of Sprawl. Part of taxation should be based on the sqft of land you own rather than just the value.
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outward expansion is NOT driven by inner city residents... that's like saying someone living out in Lake Sundance is driving Auburn Bay development.
Places like the beltline are more dense than your suburbs. Places like the west end and east village are virtually all condo buildings...Garrison Woods and Bridgeland are all highly developed. University City. The latter three are all developments in established communities that are trying to reduce sprawl.
Any inner city neighborhood has more density that most suburbs for that matter. And i guarantee you that most of the basement suites you talk about happen in inner city neighborhoods because the typical residents of such suites are students or young professionals.
Urban sprawl is the uncontrolled migration of people to the peripheral neighborhoods sprouting up outside of the city - inner city residents are not responsible for that at all.
Neighborhoods built in the 40s and 50s do not contribute to urban sprawl...
There's tons of development going on in these neighborhoods; just drive through areas like Bridgeland or Marda Loop...