Re: Housing starts a.k.a. land attrition

"George Conklin" <nil@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> What struck me most, though (and you mention this below), is the land
>> area covered by roads.
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>   A trivial amount.
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>> I think I read somewhere that 6% of Manhattan's surface area are roads.
>> Anybody know is this is correct?

Yes, it is. So what? How much land space of the lower 48 does Manhattan 
cover?

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>     A study in ACCESS showed that a well-designed city has MORE are 
> devoted
> to roads than the infamous car-dependent suburb.

Because car-dependant suburbs don't fit the profile that the statists 
desire.