The future is dense, walkable cities.

[SgtSpiderMan]

You're attempt to prove my tax dollars to pave and maintain those roads are meaningless and beneath even a major fuck head drone like you.

Then you should have no problem answering the question.
And just to clarify it isn’t only your tax dollars that pay for the road.

 

[TrailerHitch]

Then you should have no problem answering the question.
And just to clarify it isn’t only your tax dollars that pay for the road.

Oh really the taxes I pay don't go to maintain or build roads. How am I mystically and magically exempt from that in your idiotic scenario?

 

[Fuzzy1975]

you're a sheep! actually i like sheep.

I know why too, it's an easy lay for you...not as dangerous as cows, and easier to hold down than goats...

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Oh really the taxes I pay don't go to maintain or build roads. How am I mystically and magically exempt from that in your idiotic scenario?

No one said anything close to that.
Still waiting on an answer.

 

[Shaglus_Ziegler]

I know why too, it's an easy lay for you...not as dangerous as cows, and easier to hold down than goats...

*chuckles* View attachment 2324965

 

[Fuzzy1975]

*chuckles* View attachment 2324965

Did you accidentally drop some acid today Shaggy? You're not even close to being on point. Then again, you never are.

 

[Shaglus_Ziegler]

Did you accidentally drop some acid today Shaggy? You're not even close to being on point. Then again, you never are.

I am the point you weasel!!! the parasite has enveloped whatever was left of your brain. are you a gelding?

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Did you accidentally drop some acid today Shaggy? You're not even close to being on point. Then again, you never are.

I am the point you weasel!!! the parasite has enveloped whatever was left of your brain. are you a gelding?

You could have just said "yes"

 

[dmallord]

The future US will definitely be more walkable, since it really can't be anything else. But it may not have many densely populated cities.

Most nations' birthrates are below replacement rate, including both American continents. We haven't officially passed the world population peak yet, but we will in the next few decades, maybe this decade. Unofficially, we may be at the peak now. From the peak, we will probably have a long decline to somewhere under a billion. With the farmers without fossil fuels becoming 90% of the population, the remaining 10% of a smaller population will be in fewer and smaller cities. Commuter rail may still be worth some investment to get a few decades of use, and later all the rails and train cars may be scrapped to make plows, pots, rifles, equestrian gear, etc.

90% farmers, 10% city dwellers, declining birthrates

To get to that reversal level, it's going to take a whopping change from today's numbers. Most of our population works in services, and surprisingly, less than 21% work in Agriculture and Industry. To make those numbers work, most of our population loss would have to be in the Services portion—what a bad situation that would be.

Current USA population of 341,233,396 as of March 2024.

Agriculture 1.66% or 15.7 million people
Industry 19% or 64.8 million
Services e.g. Ed & Health 79% or 269 million people

 

[MajorRewrite]

90% farmers, 10% city dwellers, declining birthrates

To get to that reversal level, it's going to take a whopping change from today's numbers. Most of our population works in services, and surprisingly, less than 21% work in Agriculture and Industry. To make those numbers work, most of our population loss would have to be in the Services portion—what a bad situation that would be.

Current USA population of 341,233,396 as of March 2024.

Agriculture 1.66% or 15.7 million people
Industry 19% or 64.8 million
Services e.g. Ed & Health 79% or 269 million people

This forum improves substantially when you put people like Chernosoth on ignore. The difference is remarkable. So much less lunacy.

 

[MajorRewrite]

Storrs Center

A new town center for a place in Connecticut that never had one.

Now, Mansfield has Storrs Center, a bustling district of stores and services across from the university, including a town square and more than 600 apartments, townhouses, and condominiums.

Going from zero urbanism to five stories with ground-floor retail is a radical transition, but Mansfield had a pent-up demand for a walkable center. The Town Square is an important public space for the town and hosts events like Winter Fun Week, Storrs Center Stroll, and the Celebrate Mansfield Festival—the latter began in 2004 in anticipation of the town square being built. In 2014, the festival moved to the actual square—once it was completed.

https://www.cnu.org/sites/default/files/Festival1_%23thisisCNU.jpg

With human-scale streets winding around pre-existing businesses fronting the state highway, Storrs Center is essentially suburban retrofit.

 

[TrailerHitch]

Storrs Center

A new town center for a place in Connecticut that never had one.

LOL! Living at the Mall!

 

[MajorRewrite]

LOL! Living at the Mall!

In no way is that a mall. Did you forget your tinfoil cap again?

 

[TrailerHitch]

In no way is that a mall. Did you forget your tinfoil cap again?

Okay, not a classic mall, but you are living in the business district. If that's your thing rock on, I'm sure those apartments are "very" affordable. No privacy, constant street noise, and people always around. May sound like heaven to you, pretty close to hell to me. But to each their own.

 

[MajorRewrite]

Most of the infrastructure of the US is at the end of its service life. NYC may be the most severe example, with utilities buried, layered, and densely packed under skyscrapers and subway tunnels. Demolishing the whole city may be necessary to replace leaky pipes and save water. We don't have the resources to build all new infrastructure at the same scale and quality. Repair cost will be a factor in many cities becoming abandoned.

Nonsense. Cities and towns are old, and they’ve been through the cycle of building and replacing water and sewer pipes many times. It’s not a big deal.

Water and sewer systems have their own revenue streams from user fees. They use that money to maintain and replace the system as needed.

I apologize for bursting another of your weird apocalyptic balloons.

 

[wizzard426]

Now then......what if someone doesn't live in a shitty. Are you going to try and make us move there?

I saw where san franshitco has an ap for avoiding where someone has shit on the sidewalk.

Ha! A trend!

You never have to go far when you can go anywhere!

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Now then......what if someone doesn't live in a shitty. Are you going to try and make us move there?

I saw where san franshitco has an ap for avoiding where someone has shit on the sidewalk.

Ha! A trend!

You never have to go far when you can go anywhere!

If you don’t want to live in a city, stay in the country. Just mind your own business and stop telling city people what to do.

 

[TrailerHitch]

If you don’t want to live in a city, stay in the country. Just mind your own business and stop telling city people what to do.

Sadly it's usually the other way around with city people sticking their noses in our lives. You know that's true but it upsets your fantasy world.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Sadly it's usually the other way around with city people sticking their noses in our lives. You know that's true but it upsets your fantasy world.

This thread is about building more walkable cities. Why are you posting in it?

 

[MajorRewrite]

The street network is probably the most important determinant of the ability to walk or bike around a community, but most places allow developers to build isolated subdivisions that don’t connect intelligently with the other subdivisions surrounding them.

Smart communities lay out a street grid that developers must adhere to. Streets are public space so it’s only logical for the city to design them.

The new Bastrop Building Block Code (B3) requires a street grid for new development in the growing Texas city of nearly 10,000 residents, located about 30 miles from Austin. Since B3’s adoption in November of 2019, multiple creative and innovative projects have used the code, which was recognized this year by CNU’s twentieth annual Charter Awards.

The code focuses on the most essential elements of city building, using limited regulations to promote timeless, adaptable places that respond to the natural environment. Fiscal sustainability is also a key goal of the code.

“This is a great version of a ‘smart code,’ with enormous flexibility to do a good job,” says urban designer Geoff Dyer, who chaired this year’s Charter Awards jury. “And the code does a great job of eliminating the bad stuff.

https://www.cnu.org/what-we-do/build-great-places/bastrop-building-block-code

 

[wizzard426]

If you don’t want to live in a city, stay in the country. Just mind your own business and stop telling city people what to do.

Just how am I telling shitty people what to do?

You know. The high crime, the failed schools, corrupt politicians, crumbling infrastructure.

That you demand country folks to fund.

Sounds like if you know what's good for you you'll leave us country folks alone

 

[goldytheGoldfish]

Just how am I telling shitty people what to do?

https://forum.literotica.com/threads/where-bus-go.1606234/

 

[goldytheGoldfish]

Johnny Sanphillippo is a San Francisco housecleaner and landlord. He has been writing about everything from home cooking to urban planning for 10 years. His current blog is Granola Shotgun. There are plenty of articles there that would fit here, so maybe later I'll pick one.

https://www.granolashotgun.com/granolashotguncom/the-kitchens-of-distinction

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Just how am I telling shitty people what to do?

You know. The high crime, the failed schools, corrupt politicians, crumbling infrastructure.

That you demand country folks to fund.

Sounds like if you know what's good for you you'll leave us country folks alone

The flow of cash goes the other way. The rural tax base is too small to fund their infrastructure. The roads country people drive on, the power lines they use—they’re all subsidized by city dwellers.

 

[wizzard426]

The flow of cash goes the other way. The rural tax base is too small to fund their infrastructure. The roads country people drive on, the power lines they use—they’re all subsidized by city dwellers.

then the IRS has it all wrong by demanding my money every quarter. What's up with that?