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Ryan M Allen's avatar

Spot on. I have long thought the same when I hear the discourse of “don’t turn X state into California.” Too late.

Neal Duncan's avatar

I’m interested to see how Phoenix’s burgeoning water insecurity limits future sprawl, or if it will at all.

Matt's avatar

I don't disagree with a lot of this. But it's deceptive to call downtown LA a ruin and warning. The revitlization over the last 20 years is real. The kids have moved in!

Plantman's avatar

Animosity to poverty preceded modern LA lol

The Overhead Wire by Jeff Wood's avatar

There's research that shows this specifically. Highly recommend the read... What's also interesting is they note that tract housing growth stalls out but also that interior neighborhoods are sclerotic and cut off an alternative approach.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1540-6229.12490