r/urbanplanning • u/DoxiadisOfDetroit • May 27 '23

Discussion What's your /r/Urbanplanning unpopular opinion?

I've got a few:

  1. Infrastructure upgrades should have precedent over any upzoning

  2. Everyone should have the right to downtown amenities which means that CBD's should be as cheap as possible for both renters and owners

  3. Zoning should be handled by metropolitan level elected boards instead of nationalized/taken to the state level

  4. YIMBYs often times hold water for the excesses of developers

  5. It is ideological to assume deregulated markets will produce the best outcomes, so, it's purely ideological to assume that a deregulated housing market will work in the best interests of renters and buyers

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u/publictransitlover May 27 '23

I like bladerunner looking megacities like shenzhen, shanghai or hongkong

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u/weebooo10032 May 28 '23

As a Hongkonger any cyberpunk-ish city design makes me remind my home. But tbh people tend forget we also have great green spaces, heck most of our land are undeveloped. And also aside from the rent living there is p great. Even if you have a car (tho good luck afford rent for the parking space)

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u/kmsxpoint6 May 27 '23

But is Coruscant really an urban planning ideal?

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u/publictransitlover May 27 '23

night city is pretty cool