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Originally Posted by nixcity
People's desires to live close to transportation hubs are not going away.
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Correct, the problem is those people don't control the ANC. The ANC is a cabal (the ZNA actively pushes for particular candidates) is hell bent on obstructing density. Till that changes, (it won't for the next 30 years or so), we will fill in where we can and maybe we will reach half of Seattle's density. I doubt it though.
Austin will continue to sprawl where the land is cheap, and the commuters (complain as they do) will continue to scoop up properties. It's their American dream, and that dream won't die anytime soon. As many new properties are going up in the urban core, there are multiple times that going up in the burbs, right now. Those burbs could densify but they won't.
In the end, rail (light rail too) only makes sense when it serves dense populations centers, not sprawling suburbs.