Fragile cities are overextended, under-resourced, and deeply dependent on decisions made far away. Here’s what that looks like.
When municipalities fish for grants of any kind, they expose themselves to anti-urban policy makers.
I’m curious about your reaction to this recent NY Times article. The headline is nor far from what the article says. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/magazine/suburban-sprawl-texas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Bk8.Mktq.5pR5QYLlXgxB&smid=url-share
I think this is the logical conclusion reached when a big-city YIMBY looks with futility at their own housing situation and combines that with disdain for the rest of America. Educated, yet wholly ignorant.
When municipalities fish for grants of any kind, they expose themselves to anti-urban policy makers.
I’m curious about your reaction to this recent NY Times article. The headline is nor far from what the article says. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/magazine/suburban-sprawl-texas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Bk8.Mktq.5pR5QYLlXgxB&smid=url-share
I think this is the logical conclusion reached when a big-city YIMBY looks with futility at their own housing situation and combines that with disdain for the rest of America. Educated, yet wholly ignorant.