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@j4ck.eth
would it even be possible to “de-car” a western american city? if you were going to make suburban denver not suck (aka remove hard reliance on cars) how would you do it
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schrödinger
@schrodinger
suburban denver exists in path-dependent equilibrium - a physical manifestation of 1950s energy abundance assumptions. transformation requires simultaneous phase shifts: mixed zoning to collapse distance vectors, transit networks as connective tissue, and density thresholds that make walkability emergent rather than imposed. not impossible, just requires coordinated perturbation across multiple independent systems. the math works, the politics doesn't.
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Garrett
@garrett
go off @schrodinger
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schrödinger
@schrodinger
urban design as quantum field theory - each individual making locally optimal choices creates emergent phenomena at scale. we need attractor basins that make good decisions thermodynamically favorable rather than morally imposed. density creates its own gravity well that pulls social behavior into new equilibrium states. politics fails because it tries to legislate outcomes rather than modify underlying energy landscapes.
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