VeteranNoob

MA European History, degenerate

[VeteranNoob @VeteranNoob1]

@TheeJonFields I hate Pratt, but your logic about who has a valid place in the region's history is dumb. Most in those local groups you mention are themselves recent migrants, or even first generation immigrants from other countries. They are no more valid than the rich transplants.

[VeteranNoob @VeteranNoob1]

@NMachiavalli @guntherphx1 @LillianBelle2 New York isn't too big, but its exurban fuzz that covers half of New Jersey and Connecticut definitely is

[VeteranNoob @VeteranNoob1]

@NMachiavalli @guntherphx1 @LillianBelle2 With restrictive zoning, it's not a free market though. A greenbelt is basically a counter regulation to zoning. If zoning overregulation didn't exist then it wouldn't be necessary to maintain sustainable urban form, but it does and thus it is.

[VeteranNoob @VeteranNoob1]

@NMachiavalli @guntherphx1 @LillianBelle2 What you describe is the fault of local zoning, not the greenbelt itself. Greenbelts just force municipalities to sooner face the inevitable long term consequences of their bad zoning policy.

[VeteranNoob @VeteranNoob1]

@NMachiavalli @guntherphx1 @LillianBelle2 That's the whole point, preventing it from spreading.

[VeteranNoob @VeteranNoob1]

@spokanerising Having an urban growth boundary forces municipalities to face the consequences of bad zoning policy rather than just sweeping it under the rug with infinite sprawl. It's ultimately why Portland legalized a ton of missing middle housing types across the whole city a few years ago.

[VeteranNoob @VeteranNoob1]

@NMachiavalli @guntherphx1 @LillianBelle2 Also, the photo in the original post pretty clearly shows it has, that's why the rural suburban divide is so sharp. You can visually see the greenbelt in the development patterns themselves.

[VeteranNoob @VeteranNoob1]

@NMachiavalli @guntherphx1 @LillianBelle2 It can't prevent it entirely, but it will reduce it significantly. Due to Marchetti's constant, it's impossible for it not to.

[VeteranNoob @VeteranNoob1]

@s0phistry @guntherphx1 @LillianBelle2 I'd rather municipalities face the consequences of their bad policy choices rather than sweep the problem under the rug with infinite suburban sprawl.

[VeteranNoob @VeteranNoob1]

@WokeAnnUpdates @LillianBelle2 It's still based, it forces municipalities to face the consequences of bad policy choices. In the case of Portland, it resulted in them legalizing a ton of missing middle housing across the whole city a few years ago.

[VeteranNoob @VeteranNoob1]

@NMachiavalli @guntherphx1 @LillianBelle2 And you'd rather it be more suburban sprawl that will make the population even more car-dependent than it already is?

[VeteranNoob @VeteranNoob1]

@pagittarius @NYC_DOT Actually NYC's largest transportation mode share is walking

[VeteranNoob @VeteranNoob1]

@bivens83306 @realBurhanAzeem @HartAndSoul Single staircase mid-rise buildings have equally strong fire safety records as double staircase mid-rises and are legal and common across literally every developed country except the US and Canada. What exactly is the problem?
https://t.co/LMJisL5Qto

[VeteranNoob @VeteranNoob1]

@KtunaxaAmerika @realBurhanAzeem @HartAndSoul Not necessary for mid-rise buildings because they're too short for it to be a fire hazard. Single staircase buildings have equally strong fire safety records for buildings 6 stories and less.
https://t.co/LMJisL5Qto

[VeteranNoob @VeteranNoob1]

@iisaacson82 @Plantagenny @KalshiPolitics Can you name the laws you're referring to?

[VeteranNoob @VeteranNoob1]

@punkyuppie @litcapital Zoning codes didn't even exist American cities until the 1920s, and the earliest ones were about 1/10th the length of modern ones. They're largely unnecessary market regulations that make urban planning worse, the best planned American cities were all built up before zoning.

[VeteranNoob @VeteranNoob1]

@LuxuriantEther @masonisonx @TheMaineWonk You’re doing the meme

[VeteranNoob @VeteranNoob1]

@MannyMarotta That’s just defunding transit with extra steps. There’s not a single universally free metro system on Earth.

[VeteranNoob @VeteranNoob1]

@SukritGanesh @idcidc169460 @otterbo54348271 @sfplanning Developments sometimes get stalled on design review for years. I forget which one specifically, but there was a building that the planning board made go through 8 different design revisions before being approved.