Cities are in CRISIS - But We Can Fix Them

[@libruhh2785]

Great video. Seattle is a fantastic example of why commuter-centric planning is killing cities. Since the pandemic, a lack of amazon commuters spelled death for the majority of businesses in the area. Now it’s a vacant place mainly catered by food trucks. I’d love to see it become what it once was again.

[@RyanGeddie]

This is a great example. I hope Seattle can rebound! Such an iconic city. Thanks!

[@hux_x299]

@@RyanGeddieI don’t

[@JohnGeddie]

Great! Glad to see land value discussed. I wish more people would take interest in this topic.

[@RyanGeddie]

Such a good policy with the potential to fix/make so many things better. Seems like it’s been on the uptake lately. Hope that continues!

[@jamespistell2689]

There should be a word to describe the time period in the 50s-70s where city planners and architects deliberately destroyed their city's architectural heritage to make room for highways and parking lots.

[@oatmeal710]

not a single person with the power and resources to make real lasting change will ever see this video

[@usernameryan5982]

I agree with basically everything you say. The point on Amsterdam, it is basically an urbanist utopia, however, it also has sky higher housing costs due to high demand (for obvious reasons) and limited supply. In fact, it’s way more expensive than the majority of American suburbs. Is this also from excessive urban central planning?

[@RyanGeddie]

I think you pretty much hit the nail on the head with the limited supply and high demand comment. Amsterdam, of course, isn’t perfect in terms of its urban planning, and there are absolutely things they could do to increase their supply of housing. Some obstacles they face include development in the city center being limited due to its historic importance and tourist appeal. What Amsterdam does well, from my perspective, is prove that cities don’t to be American style car-centric in order to be successful. Even in Jacksonville FL, an American city much less attractive to live in by most metrics than Amsterdam, the cost of living is within striking distance from what I can find online. This isn’t even considering that to live in most American cities, you need to own and maintain a car, which can easily cost ~$25,000 for a used. A better example for comparison might have been San Francisco, which has become monstrously expensive due to incredible demand and bad housing policy at the local and state level. Thanks so much for the comment!

[@hux_x299]

I like this video

[@RyanGeddie]

Thanks haha

[@whatwhatwhatwhatwhatwhatwhatw]

Amazing!

[@RyanGeddie]

Thanks!

[@rishithakur7186]

You had me crying… This is so true… People don’t walk and local businesses go unnoticed… People drive from point A to B often from a known retailer store or known shops like McDonalds or starbucks and back to home… There is a lost sense of exploration, curiosity or community and people in the same city are unknown to one another because of no real time interaction that one gets when they use transit, walk or bike… Kids don’t know each other and are isolated pretty much due to geographic restrictions… The only time they meet is either when they are dropped to school or when they are dropped to football practice by a car… Even adults they only know people either because of same school they attended from their town or workplace… But nothing outside that… Even when they are adults have licenses and can drive they are all pretty much alone and have no where to go because they don’t have any friends due to earlier geographic isolation… One may think that I am exaggerating or failing to understand the subjectivity of these things as there are people who don’t like interactions and or prefer isolation… But realistically majority of people prefer community as humans are naturally social species despite that there is almost no sense of belongingness… And that in-turn has a tendency of increasing antisocial behavior or other personality disorders due to a lack of community… I am not giving it any names because I am not a psychiatrist or professional in this field but the common knowledge that I have suggests that there is some mental impact it could be because of other personal or genetic reasons too and I will admit that it is nuanced so I cannot give it any names like mental health epidemic or something… But definitely such isolation due to geographic restrictions can have ripple effects of isolation, social awkwardness and more of related problems… Despite a little younger demographics of North America which is expected to be social and outgoing it feels way isolating than an older demographic of Europe or East Asia… People might/might not relate to this but they are my observations… .

[@jordanfarnsworth8087]

Hopefully enough young motivated people can come together to actually change much of the deep structural issues in American urban development to build back towards a better future

[@RyanGeddie]

I hope so too! Thanks for the comment.

[@ФизтехСтероиды]

I agree with everything said in the video. Good work, I see you getting at least 5k before the end of the year

[@RyanGeddie]

So glad you liked it! Thanks for the vote of confidence as well!

[@aidenrodgers6860]

Fantastic. Amazing.

[@RyanGeddie]

Thanks so much! Glad you liked it.