The dismantling of Black communities in South Carolina for highways is not just a thing of the past.

[FelineOverlord]

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[elleng]

1. South Carolina

[FelineOverlord]

2. South Carolina

Thanks for reminding me. I forgot to add it to the title. Done.

[Ron Green]

3. No new roads. Period.

That should be the starting place; then figure out which pavement to maintain, and which to replace with trees, houses and productive enterprises.

Eliminate the hierarchical thoroughfare classes in favor of two: roads (high speed, limited access, safe) and streets (low speed, unlimited access, safe.)

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4. Should do wonders for the housing shortage.

No new roads means no new houses.

[Ron Green]

5. No, it means houses stop being built where they can't be sustained.

There are plenty of places, accessible by existing pavement, where houses can be built.

Just maybe not by big out-of-town developers who’ve been extracting money from communities for the past 75 years.

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6. The origin of the builder isn't exactly relevant

My out of town builder is your local builder.

Yea I suppose they could squeeze houses into existing spaces. But that's going to make congestion even worse.


In this era of Covid and social distancing. Not many people want to live close together.

[Ron Green]

7. LOL. To continue the post-WW2 development pattern that's brought our planet to

near-inhabitability for whatever reason you might think of is… well, it’s probably what will happen.

[fescuerescue]

8. Well I'm not a builder

of roads or housing.

But given that we preparing to spend about $1.5 to $3.5t on infrastructure.

I think we are going to see a lot more roads.

[Ron Green]

9. Yep. I'm afraid you're right. There's something called the "Cult of Infrastructure" that's at work

here, along with the “Growth Ponzi Scheme.” It’s kind of like a sugar high for the whole planet.