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Originally Posted by isaidso
Agree. The tangible gains come from increased density. Having more people to tax per square kilometer usually results in better infrastructure and a nicer public realm.
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Which is the type of future growth that LA, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami, and other Sunbelt cities will have to accomplish in order to reach higher populations. If this type of growth occurred in the 70s, 80s, and 90s concurrently with the rise of low density sprawl in the outskirts, many more of these cities probably would have closed the gap between NYC and the other Northern cities.