Andres Duany Lecture. Suburban Sprawl.

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as a comprehensive, still-accurate and often funny account of how zoning and policy force suburban sprawl.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Andriy Kosetsky

Topic

suburban sprawl

Format

lecture

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2017–2024

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From the original HN conversations

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• I basically just parroted Nathan Lewis, who has a great blog series on the topic: [LINK] . It's virtually the same message from Andres Duany. His talk from 30 years ago is still so eerily precise and comprehensive: [VIDEO] . When I feel presumptuous, I …

• > I don’t know what the answer is but Parking Reform, Strong Towns and Not Just Bikes are my north stars on this stuff. Do you have any others? I think you might like this planning talk given in the 90s. One of my favourite …

• Suburban sprawl is exactly as required by law, from the mutually exclusive land uses right down to the paint on the strip-mall parking lots. Market forces would love to build walkable mixed-use districts. A proud tradition of highly effective grassroots activism makes sure that they …