The infrastructure bill may forever disrupt America's quiet suburbs by bribing towns to do away with single-family-home-only neighborhoods
Either towns take the $ +become dense cities (eventually filled with Dem voters), or the billions go only to cities
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Either towns take the $ +become dense cities (eventually filled with Dem voters), or the billions go only to cities
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This would have a larger impact on your day-to-day life than almost anything the government does. Biden has said he wants to make grants conditioned on towns 1) allowing apartments and townhouses ANYWHERE and 2) permitting subdividing any lot to fit as many houses as possible.
Like your picket fence, big backyard & wooded views? An apartment could go up next door, and you won't be able to buy an acre elsewhere because a developer will pay more to put five houses on it.
This is outside federal control, but localities will have their arms twisted by $.
This is outside federal control, but localities will have their arms twisted by $.
Classic "equity": Cities are crowded&crime-filled, so it's not fair that some people live there while others live in pleasant suburbs. Therefore, make the suburbs more crowded
It's also a major problem for Dems: most people of all races live in suburbs and like them how they are
It's also a major problem for Dems: most people of all races live in suburbs and like them how they are
Don't overlook the "minimum lot size" element. Because most people don't actually want to live in dense, urban environments, the primary effect will be a boon for real estate developers who will carve up spacious suburban lots to pack in McMansions of white people. Goodbye trees.
The fundamental divide in America is urban vs non-urban. The Dem infrastructure bill's goal is to force people to live in dense housing on top of each other. No one likes the quality of life, but people who live in dense areas vote Dem.
The only people who will get to live in ordinary, American-dream suburbs if the infrastructure bill goes this way are the richest of the rich whose towns can simply turn down huge sums of "infrastructure" grants because, like everyone else, they don't want to accept these strings
Of course, the millions of dollars being offered will ultimately be a net loss when you impoverish your town by putting apartments and townhouses throughout single-family neighborhoods, leading to less tax revenue and higher costs permanently.
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