THE VIDEO SHELF · urban planning finance
The Truth about American Cities - Part 1 - Strong Towns [ST01]
The first video in Not Just Bikes' Strong Towns series explains the financial instability of North American cities, based on Strong Towns research. It argues that low-density suburban growth costs more to maintain than it brings in.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN people recommend it as the best introduction to why sprawl and car dependence are fiscally unsustainable, often pointing to the whole series.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Not Just Bikes
- Topic
- urban planning finance
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 7
- HN mentions in dataset
- 13
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2026
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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I love this YouTube channel. They did a series summarizing the findings from Strong Towns - US-style suburbia is fundamentally unsustainable. [VIDEO]
acchow on Hacker News · 2022-09
In Why Canadians Can't Bike in the Winter (But Finnish People Can)I think everyone should watch the Not Just Bikes YouTube channel especially their series on Strong Towns [1]. It shows just how bad parking mandates are and just how bad American car centric city planning is. As they article pointed out, you need such vanguard …
iknownothow on Hacker News · 2024-05
In Parking reform legalized most of the new homes in Buffalo and Seattle (2023)I think this is due to how car dependent North America is. There are so many aspects that are missed in these pictures or what you are for example experiencing. It's not that you're situation is improving, it's most likely not. But that's not due …
Improvotter on Hacker News · 2021-12
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