That’s the exact reason I’m holding onto my (not so great) job in Germany. Going back to the US is incredibly unpalatable. I LOVE living in a modern city where I can actually walk to errands. It’s wonderful.
Yes, suburbs abandoned for cities that are entirely built around car-centric infrastructure.
The walkability of the US is abysmal everywhere except for maybe a handful of major metropolitan areas, and even then those are lacking.
Also, assuming that people can even afford to live within the city if they can’t even afford to live in the suburbs of that city. More likely people will be pushed out to rural towns with lower CoL and become even more isolated and thus car dependent
I just got back to the US from japan and now I’m super depressed that I have to drive 14 minutes to the nearest grocery store… Which is Walmart.
That’s the exact reason I’m holding onto my (not so great) job in Germany. Going back to the US is incredibly unpalatable. I LOVE living in a modern city where I can actually walk to errands. It’s wonderful.
But, but, 15 minute cities are fascism!
I know. It comes in about 300 variations from the 50 cafes within a 5 minute walk from my apartment.
Does your city have suburbs/exurbs as well, or is the urban center surrounded by farmland?
Thats why I live in a US city and not the suburbs, totally doable
Yeah doable if u can afford to spend 5k monthly on rent alone lol
In like, 2 or 3 major US cities maybe, and even then you’re still having to deal with abysmal, anti-pedestrian infrastructure.
The rest of the country it is incredibly dangerous and sprawled out to the point that walkability is infeasible.
And this is all assuming someone can even remotely afford to live within city limits with how prohibitively expensive CoL is getting
Drive up the cost of energy enough and those suburbs will be abandoned as more people move into cities.
Yes, suburbs abandoned for cities that are entirely built around car-centric infrastructure.
The walkability of the US is abysmal everywhere except for maybe a handful of major metropolitan areas, and even then those are lacking.
Also, assuming that people can even afford to live within the city if they can’t even afford to live in the suburbs of that city. More likely people will be pushed out to rural towns with lower CoL and become even more isolated and thus car dependent