Time for Vancouver to Tear Down Its Viaducts?

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by cornholio

Maybe its just my IT background and working from home majority of my days but I don't think the future supports dense over populated cities. I believe they will start becoming increasingly inefficient and people will once again begin to spread out as there end up being less jobs, and more virtual jobs, and improved mobility in the forms of shared, driver-less, networked vehicles operating on more efficient grids in a environment where peak times are less defined due to my first points. Downtown's will once again age, and become un economical to invest in, rebuilt or maintain, nor will they be pleasant to live in.

Humanity has been urbanizing since the rise of organized agriculture.

The concept of the suburbs arose primarily in post-war North America, and parts of Europe. Other countries around the world emulated this development on the ideal of the US white picket fence, 2.5 kids, etc.

Now we are moving back towards urbanization as a society. To me, it's clear that is the long run trend, and the 20th century was more of an anomaly than a trend.

All that said, I don't think suburban lifestyles are affordable from a sustainability perspective. Humans are social animals and tend to enjoy being in groups, both family and otherwise.

Edit: Just to add on, I share an IT background and have done extensive working from home in the past. I much preferred working in my downtown condo and/or a local coffee shop, vs. in my isolated residential basement or office.