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Originally Posted by JManc
As someone who lives in Houston. If it became the largest city (metro) in the US, it would become an overcrowded hellscape of epic proportions.
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In the current form, yes..but NOBODY thinks it will develop in the same way as it has in the past. In fact, the evidence that it is developing differently is all around...the city is developing with mixed use infill projects and with vertical projects. We do need more mass transit but Houston has a chance to be way less of a "hellscape" than NYC , especially if it focuses on urban nodes, density, and connectivity. I'm actually pleased with many of the infill projects and we have more land (way more land area) and blank spaces to accommodate both a healthy urban core and a suburban periphery, which is something I can't say for ALL of the northeast cities.
But i do strongly believe we need some sort of city or regional plan to make sure we head in the right direction.