Apr 3, 2023·edited Apr 3, 2023Liked by Rahul Deodhar
I like your paper. Very reasonable and a perspective that any community of any size could use.
NatGeo's problem is that their articles were written before the effect of the COVID pandemic. Hybrid working environments are spreding faster than the virus. The challenge that large cities face is what to do with all those empty office buildings. My sense is that we will see a lessening of urban density and the expansion of smaller neighborhood cities. It follows what I write about when the Center no longer holds the Periphery (https://edbrenegar.substack.com/p/synthetic-center-and-periphery). I am writing on this topic again related to linear cities.
The real problem seems to be that no one asks the public what they want. Municipal leaders and their friends in the property development industry just assume that what they want will be fine with the public.
I like your paper. Very reasonable and a perspective that any community of any size could use.
NatGeo's problem is that their articles were written before the effect of the COVID pandemic. Hybrid working environments are spreding faster than the virus. The challenge that large cities face is what to do with all those empty office buildings. My sense is that we will see a lessening of urban density and the expansion of smaller neighborhood cities. It follows what I write about when the Center no longer holds the Periphery (https://edbrenegar.substack.com/p/synthetic-center-and-periphery). I am writing on this topic again related to linear cities.
The real problem seems to be that no one asks the public what they want. Municipal leaders and their friends in the property development industry just assume that what they want will be fine with the public.