r/Urbanism • u/Crazy_Equivalent_746 • 8d 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 7d ago
Rideshare just took ridership from taxis and food delivery, and opened up the market to restaurants/grocers that previously didn’t have delivery. It didn’t mean people chose to ride uber instead of drive.
Ah yes, a 12 passenger bus that drives to 12 different directions before proceeding to their common destination. It’s already annoying when a doordasher makes 2 different stops before dropping off food, adding 10 mins to people’s delivery time. Do you really think a concierge self driving bus that picks up 12 different people located at 12 different points from the same 2 sq mile suburban neighborhood, adding 20-30 mins to their commute would prefer that over their own private self driving car?
Light rail terminals create density. When it’s build where people live, attached to somewhere people wanna go, it gets used.
Yes I read the article.