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Teaching public policy in Global Cities @GPS_UCSD has clarified for me so many of the central challenges facing cities. Today, the NYT editorial board hit a home run summarizing many of these issues in "The Cities We Need" Give it a read. (1/8) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/11/opinion/coronavirus-us-cities-inequality.html?smid=tw-share
While city "infrastructure of opportunity has badly decayed" I am optimistic that the solutions are straightforward and yet so much bigger than the pothole politics that has limited our imagination. We need a #NewLocalism.
A few key quotes from the article: (2/8)
A few key quotes from the article: (2/8)
"Our cities are broken because affluent Americans have been segregating themselves from the poor, and our best hope for building a fairer, stronger nation is to break down those barriers." (3/8)
"Cities continue to create vast amounts of wealth, but the distribution of those gains resembles the New York skyline: A handful of super-tall buildings, and everyone else in the shade." (4/8)
"There can be no equality of opportunity in the United States so long as poor children are segregated in poor neighborhoods. And there is only one viable solution: building affordable housing in affluent neighborhoods." (5/8)
"Oregon set a valuable precedent last year by banning single-family zoning in all cities of more than 10,000 people. Similar measures have been proposed in other states, including California and Minnesota." (6/8)
"the collapse of tax revenue is forcing elected officials to consider draconian cuts in public services. In such moments, it is hard to dream about what might be.
Yet crises can be clarifying, enforcing a focus on what is necessary and what is important." (7/8)
Yet crises can be clarifying, enforcing a focus on what is necessary and what is important." (7/8)
"Building more diverse neighborhoods, and disconnecting public institutions from private wealth, will ultimately enrich the lives of all Americans — and make the cities in which they live and work a model again for the world." (8/8)
