That would be nice but I don't see that happening outside of boutique cities like bentonville
you really need to start fresh or force it before hitting the inflection point
you really need to start fresh or force it before hitting the inflection point
By removing zoning restrictions, some communities will start becoming more walkable & mixed-use than others. Since it’s more cost efficient, it’ll be cheaper to own a townhome in a dense area than an equivalent townhome in a sprawling area (after the market equalizes & we can keep up with demand, because it’ll be sky-high for those walkable townhomes at first). But if zoning is reduced, supply will start to catch up.
People in sprawling communities will start needing to pay more for taxes for things like road maintenance etc since they have much higher costs per person than a dense area, further starting to push people to favor dense areas. Are people willing to pay the actual cost of living in remote areas like suburbs?
It’ll happen slowly at first, but just removing the current laws that prohibit that sort of development may actually enable those changes to happen automatically
I could that happening new/growing suburbs outside of cities like that though like as you say if they commit to a sane design/zoning before it's to late