How Bankrupt American Cities Stay Alive - Debt [ST04]

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended as an introduction to the finances of suburban sprawl and its long-term consequences.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Not Just Bikes

Topic

urban sprawl finance

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

7

HN mentions in dataset

10

Recommendation years in dataset

2021–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• The Not Just Bikes [1,2,3] YouTube channel also has an excellent series of videos based on work from Strong Towns. I link to these videos whenever a friend asks why I chose to leave the United States. :) [1] [VIDEO] [2] [LINK] [3] [LINK]

• Well, this is exactly the opposite to an urban environment - this is urban sprawl. Is it better to construct and maintain 75 miles of roads (and all the other infrastructure) for a couple of hundred folks? I highly recommend this video on the finances …

• NotJustBikes did a video collaboration with Strong Towns and discussed this: [VIDEO] Great channel for those interested in urbanism.