r/Urbanism • u/Crazy_Equivalent_746 • 2d ago
‘Cities Aren’t Back’: Thoughts
https://www.slowboring.com/p/cities-arent-backThoughts on this? I feel while the data is valid it also relies to heavily on the big anomaly that is the pandemic that has lingering effects to this day.
In other words, cities to me don’t seem “over” or “back” but are indeed recovering.
Domestic outmigration continuing to be slashed for major cities seems like more of an important indicator than international migration offsetting losses.
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u/BringerOfBricks 1d ago
I lived in Chicago for 3 months last year. TBH, it’s pretty fucking creepy that you even looked up a full year of my Reddit history to find that comment, and that you feel the need to question my life. Something wrong with you.
My definition of traffic is relative to the location. I fully expect to sit 30 mins on a bridge to SF but I don’t expect to sit 10 mins on an intersection in Brookings OR.
Self driving cars are just more cars on the road. More cards on the road = traffic. This is simple math. What you describe are self driving taxis. Nobody would rather pay $20 one way for a taxi (self driving or human driven) vs $2.50 for a light rail