> Why do people feel homeowners should effectively subsidize development by letting their value tank?
How does subsidization come into this? Just relax the zoning, make it simple to get permits and stop blocking everything at community meetings.
> A lot of urban “designers” just want to put apartments everywhere, but it isn’t a good strategy. It certainly isn’t organic
Agreed. The planning and homogenous construction that gets often pushed for is a problem. This in part can be addressed by smaller parcels. Order Without Design, book and podcast, go into this and how some cities solved it. Somehow real estate and housing tempts everyone to throw out all the lessons we learned from communism about the perils of central planning.
How does subsidization come into this? Just relax the zoning, make it simple to get permits and stop blocking everything at community meetings.
> A lot of urban “designers” just want to put apartments everywhere, but it isn’t a good strategy. It certainly isn’t organic
Agreed. The planning and homogenous construction that gets often pushed for is a problem. This in part can be addressed by smaller parcels. Order Without Design, book and podcast, go into this and how some cities solved it. Somehow real estate and housing tempts everyone to throw out all the lessons we learned from communism about the perils of central planning.