Why American Cities Are Broke - The Growth Ponzi Scheme [ST03]

Name: Why American Cities Are Broke - The Growth Ponzi Scheme [ST03]
Description: Not Just Bikes explains the Strong Towns argument that car-dependent American suburbs cost more to maintain than they generate in taxes. It describes the growth Ponzi scheme that props up municipal finances.

Not Just Bikes

Not Just Bikes explains the Strong Towns argument that car-dependent American suburbs cost more to maintain than they generate in taxes. It describes the growth Ponzi scheme that props up municipal finances.

HN keeps pointing to it as the clearest explanation of how low-density infrastructure is financed and why it is unsustainable.

20 Hacker News mentions · 2021–2024

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Transit, cities & urban planning
Macroeconomics & financial crises

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