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This Ponzi Scheme Might END Suburban Prosperity

Strong Towns · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Transit, cities & urban planningMacroeconomics & financial crises

What it is

Strong Towns explains the Growth Ponzi Scheme, in which post-war suburban growth takes on infrastructure costs that new development must keep funding. It describes why municipal finances become insolvent.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended in urban planning threads as a clear account of suburban municipal finance.

  • 1 people recommended it
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  • 1 strong recommendations
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What HN commenters said

  1. “Everyone that wants to know more about this owes it to themselves to watch this strong towns video”

    Explains suburban finances as a growth-dependent scheme

    wing-_-nuts, 2024-01 · Strong recommendation · in “US Cities Could Verge on Becoming Ghost Towns by 2100, Study Finds”

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Topics: strong towns, suburban sprawl, infrastructure costs, urban planning

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