I’ve read a few pieces by these folks, and they all just rub me the wrong way. They’re all very strident and confrontational and say that we’re all doing everything terribly wrong, but always seem conspicuously light on any answers.
The one cool thing that I might have taken away from this article - the productivity/value density map of Houston - was just a low-res image and not a map you could zoom and examine (but happily linked you to some consulting outfit that will sell you that map).
….LMFAO, I just noticed for the first time that, in addition to their consultant cross-selling, Strong Towns sells courses on how citizens can solve urban planning problems.
“I have a secret plan to save the urban fabric of America, but I can’t tell you until you pay me $300.” What a grift.
(Also, headline seems incorrect - Houston is going broke, expect all these other, non-sprawly cities are going broke much worse, so if anything arguably the growth and low housing prices enabled by Houston’s sprawl is keeping it solvent? Plus the author seems ignorant of the actual practices through which Houston selectively annexes outlying areas. Or maybe you just have to pony up for the class to learn about that.)
The one cool thing that I might have taken away from this article - the productivity/value density map of Houston - was just a low-res image and not a map you could zoom and examine (but happily linked you to some consulting outfit that will sell you that map).
….LMFAO, I just noticed for the first time that, in addition to their consultant cross-selling, Strong Towns sells courses on how citizens can solve urban planning problems.
“I have a secret plan to save the urban fabric of America, but I can’t tell you until you pay me $300.” What a grift.
(Also, headline seems incorrect - Houston is going broke, expect all these other, non-sprawly cities are going broke much worse, so if anything arguably the growth and low housing prices enabled by Houston’s sprawl is keeping it solvent? Plus the author seems ignorant of the actual practices through which Houston selectively annexes outlying areas. Or maybe you just have to pony up for the class to learn about that.)