One reason is that people want houses and it’s not sustainable.
Well, it’s been sustainable for centuries. It’s not sustainable if we require constant and explosive population growth for the economy, but I’m not sure I want that. I agree it’s more efficient for people to live in tiny apartments in tall buildings. I just think there is more to life than efficiency. I question the economic imperative to have such massive population growth. I don’t think we would need to cram into ever smaller spaces with ever diminishing green areas if we restructured our economies.
For centuries before, living in a single house with children of all ages and grandparents was a norm. American boomers is an outlier, not a norm.
Apartments don’t have to be small. It’s more efficient to stack apartments vertically if you want to build a city. And in the recent years people want to move to the cities cause of socio-economic changes.
Want to live in the house? Move to the village. Want a house in the city? Pay a premium.
Well, it’s been sustainable for centuries. It’s not sustainable if we require constant and explosive population growth for the economy, but I’m not sure I want that. I agree it’s more efficient for people to live in tiny apartments in tall buildings. I just think there is more to life than efficiency. I question the economic imperative to have such massive population growth. I don’t think we would need to cram into ever smaller spaces with ever diminishing green areas if we restructured our economies.
For centuries before, living in a single house with children of all ages and grandparents was a norm. American boomers is an outlier, not a norm.
Apartments don’t have to be small. It’s more efficient to stack apartments vertically if you want to build a city. And in the recent years people want to move to the cities cause of socio-economic changes.
Want to live in the house? Move to the village. Want a house in the city? Pay a premium.