Strong Towns Podcast
Summary: For decades we have avoided a difficult truth: Our pattern of development – the very way we build our towns and neighborhoods – costs more to maintain than it generates in return. We’ve masked this reality by inducing more growth through transfer payments between governments, reactionary transportation spending, debt and a Ponzi scheme of local government incentives. Our ability to use these mechanisms of growth is waning. Our cities and states now face a financial crisis of tremendous proportions. We can cut spending and we can raise taxes, but we will not be on a path to sustained prosperity unless we are willing to reform our approach to growth. Strong Towns is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization focused on the root of these systemic problems: our land use patterns—the way we have designed our towns and neighborhoods.
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Podcasts:
Show 169: Mike Lydon
Show 168: Marohn on Transportation
Show 167: Catching up with Chuck Marohn
Show 166: Lou Huang on Code for America
Show 165: James Howard Kunstler
Show 164: Rick Rybeck on Value Capture
Show 163: The Hunger Games
Show 162: Update from Jim Kumon
Show 161: Conversation with a Mayor
Show 160: Eli Damon
Show 159: Dean Klinkenberg
Show 158: Neighborhoods First
Show 157: Don't be stupid
Show 156: John Dominic Crossan
Show 155: Economic Gardening with Chris Gibbons