Suburbs - The Hidden Taxes You Pay Every Year

Taxes. We all hate them. And what if I told you that you have to pay a hidden tax, without even knowing it. In this video, we'll take a look at how suburbanization bleeds you, the city, and the country dry, how precious real estate and property is wasted and how municipal investing into the city can make a noticeable difference.
We'll also look at potential solutions, like zoning and construction reform, land value taxes like the ones from Henry George, and more.
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0:00 Intro
1:29 Terrible zoning
2:51 Cost
5:15 Bureaucratic hell
8:37 Potential solutions

[@Cyrus992]

Modern Car dependent can exist even if the area is dominated by high rises.

[@TheTramly]

That's true, but I'd argue that higher density is key to building a livable city

It can, but by having mixed zoning and good public transit you reduce the likelihood or the number of people who are dependent.

[@Cyrus992]

@@TheTramly overall perhaps

[@mardiffv.8775]

The Dutch have taking your approach of building inside the city and minimum outside the city.
Amsterdam wants small businesses out and build housing instead. For example: Havenstad (Harbour City).
Fourth largest city of the Netherlands; Utrecht could not expand inside its borders, so it built the largest suburb of.......wait for the name:.........Vleuten, de Meern, Leidsche Rijn. Which is car orientated, but has public transport as well (3 train station on the Utrecht-the Hague/ Rotterdam line). Also cycling is very much supported with bike infrastructure.
Parking fee will be implemented in 2025. To much frustration of the NIMBY's. So residents walk and bike more.

[@TheTramly]

That's good, glad the Dutch are being based as always

[@agness6766]

I see somebody lives around Háje right?
And yeah, welcome in Czechia, where building tracks or highway is usually blocked by "děti Země" (children of earth) or other "eco" activist
(Im activist myself, but for better public transport and better roads)

[@TheTramly]

Yeah, i support saving the environment, but blocking construction really isn't the way

[@szymex22]

Interesting video.
Indeed, Parking minimums are bad,. but the police/state/city also needs to ensure people don't buy apartments without parking, have a car, and keep parking it blocking the sidewalk or doing it on grass.
In my opinion, the suburbs should grow next to the national railways going out of the city, probably span a kilometer or 2 from the railway. This would make it very easy to provide transit service to them.
They can also grow in a way that its easy for busses to reach a major transit hub, a metro, tram or train station. But the suburban busses need to be frequent and bike paths would help with coverage.

[@TheTramly]

I agree that parking minumum should be elastic based on location, access to public transport and more, but in the case of the buildings in Háje, I don't see a reason to have a large amount of parking
sure, a small underground parking lot would be nice, but every resident in those 2 proposed buildings isn't going to own a car
public transport needs to be frequent, available and cheap, I agree with that as well