> NYC subway is more expensive per meter? No shit. What's the ROI? How many passengers per day? What do you think are the economic payoffs for those investments?
I don't think infrastructure in NYC is cost-effective. For that matter, infrastructure in Seattle (where I live now) is not cost effective.
Its ROI is in fact negative, as it forces further unsustainable agglomeration of wealth in a small area, while starving smaller cities.
> What survey showed 80% of respondents preferring suburbs?
For anyone reading my response to this incredibly bad faith commenter, note:
- that his own linked survey shows 46% preferring suburbs, not 80%
- that "it forces further unsustainable agglomeration of wealth in a small area" would suggest a very high ROI, actually (and "forces" is an interesting word choice vs "attracts")
- this Lafayette case study shows exactly how denser areas pay for themselves in tax revenue, and how the surrounding ones don't [0]
I don't think infrastructure in NYC is cost-effective. For that matter, infrastructure in Seattle (where I live now) is not cost effective.
Its ROI is in fact negative, as it forces further unsustainable agglomeration of wealth in a small area, while starving smaller cities.
> What survey showed 80% of respondents preferring suburbs?
It's a metric that is pretty constant with only small variations: https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2021/12/16/america...
> A suburb versus what?
Dense urban areas.
> What happens if/when the cities stop subsidizing the completely financially insolvent surrounding areas?
Sigh. Cities do not subsidize suburbs. Most of the US wealth is generated by people living in suburbs.