New and Old #229

The complex relationship between cities and exurbs, Jane Jacobs: NIMBY?, housing and antitrust

We need to talk about the exurbs: The scourge of the leaf peepers, Greater Greater Washington, J.M. Christoph and Lauren Magnussen, July 30, 2025

This is a really great intro and there are a lot of threads here:

Imagine if your weekend trip to the grocery store got stuck behind an endless wall of cars bound for the park, taking half an hour longer than it…