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How can we fix North American cities?

The Big Story

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Are Governments Getting Started to This?

Cities focused on suburban sprawl are kind of locked into this self defeating cycle. Some governments are waking up to this, but that doesn't change the infi structure liabilities from developments made 30, 40 years ago. A small improvement to lots of those traditional neighborhoods will have a much bigger impact on future wealth creation than anything you could do in the periphery. And i think right now is an interesting opportunity, because over the last about 20 years, the opinions of people have changed quite substantially with respect to living in traditional, walkable neighborhoods.

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