What would be the best policies to incentivize density and putting an end to wasteful suburban sprawl?

  • star_wraith [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Do you mean in a socialist government? Or working with the system we have now?

    If it's the later, I mean what Portland did seems to have worked. Drew a line around the city and banned suburban sprawl behind that line. While that won't eliminate already-existing suburbs, it does prevent the problem from getting any worse. If it's a growing city then it forces people to revamp brownsites. If you want to actually "eliminate" suburbs, I think it would largely involve what I described plus changes in zoning and massive investments in public transportation so people could reasonably get by without owning a car.