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That perception is borne out by US Census statistics. Families generally live in the following three housing types: trailer parks, detached single family homes, and attached single family homes. After that, the number of children per family drops off significantly. This article doesn’t address...

They damn well better kill RTO in its entirety for any jobs that can be done remotely. Its a ego-stroking farce.

Pretty!

I’d say so. Just gotta figure out who is responsible for shoveling.

Plus, it’s a lot safer for kids to play on a dead end street of any kind.

Lincoln looks so sparse, I’m not sure what to do with it. And you’re absolutely right about what people like about the burbs. I happen to have a house on a cul de sac, and its very nice that the road in front of us is extra safe. It just so happens that our back yard abuts a dead end street...

“Burning down the suburbs” really seems drastic. And while I enjoy a good grid, I don’t think its really essential. Lets look at it this way: restricting ourselves to, say, the 495 beltway, what is the worst suburb (in terms of layout) at the moment?

Agreed 99%. The 1% is… in what world are adolescents hard to hate? I kid (a little But yes, I was looking at this through that same lens of avoiding the culture war. If there’s one thing I can’t stand about discussions about policy (particularly online), its the tendency that, if someone...

I think the places to create less car-oriented environments are the satellite cities, rather than the suburbs. I think suburbs are going to remain car-centric, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be more walkable.

I have to continue to push back on this. My proposal isn’t “how can we turn the suburbs into north Cambridge.” Like I said: 80% of what urbanists want. Let me put it this way: if the various suburbs just did that bare minimum I listed above of adding more sidewalks and redeveloping failing...

I pretty much agree. I will say that, especially in the suburbs, you're not going to break the 'car is king' paradigm. I'd like to use the neighborhood I grew up in (in Chicopee, for reference). It was your typical suburban neighborhood, of the sort that was laid out in the interwar years and...

I was reading the recent book “Family Unfriendly” by Tim Carney, about how much of society is oriented in such a way to make raising families more difficult than it needs to be. He spent some time discussing how suburbs that are too car-centric are particularly difficult, despite the suburbs...

Lets look at this from a different point of view: Hypothetically, its the 1950s. Sudbury farmers are opposed to the development of their town into a middle-class suburb and the way it will change their town. What is your opinion of their opposition?

No, you are viewing it solely through a regional lens, and dismissing more local concerns because you aren’t willing to view it through a more local lens. You mean those same founders that passed a state-wide mandatory church attendance law? Yeah, I don’t seem them being shocked by individual...

Yes, it is a stretch, in no small part because what possible carrots could be offered to combat miscegenation laws? Also, we need to acknowledge one of the key reason to use the stick over the carrot is because the two sides are wildly far apart. Another is that the side being stick-ed doesn’t...

Whoever said anything about patriotism? I’m talking about localism. I don’t know if you noticed, I’m not arguing against higher densities. I’m explaining why and how people oppose them. Meanwhile, your arguments show a greater interest in enforcing your desired outcome than in accomplishing it...

Why? You assert that, but you haven’t demonstrated it. No, you’re dismissing the concerns people in small towns have about changes in their towns by reframing the argument to be about the overall region, instead. Here, let me show you just how stubborn the voters are: last year, the town of...

But you also dismissed the point that there is an entirely different character to different densities of development.

It has? Sounds like you’re using a pretty unique definition of “our culture.” You can’t jail municipalities. Well, given that you dismiss the objections out of hand, whats the point? Is your proposal seriously that people opposing these mandates for no reason whatsoever?

That response presumes that all state legislators from the towns opposing this voted in favor of it. It also ignores the fact that state legislative districts do not conform to municipalities’ borders for the most part. Our system of government enables people to have a say through multiple...