Comments by 2024 Nicholas Most recent public comments by 2024 Nicholas https://nowcomment.com/users/140939 24.5% from 1980 to 2018 household commute times increased. https://nowcomment.com/documents/370370?scroll_to=3270666 https://nowcomment.com/documents/370370?scroll_to=3270666 85.4 minutes per day! Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Homeowners Endure the Longest Commute, and recent buyers pay for most of it. https://nowcomment.com/documents/370370?scroll_to=3270665 https://nowcomment.com/documents/370370?scroll_to=3270665 This shows the uphill nonstop trend of making a place to live in increasingly expensive. Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Percentage of commuters by vehicle decrease as remote workers increase. There is also a small decrease in the percent of commuters through walking and biking. https://nowcomment.com/documents/370370?scroll_to=3267784 https://nowcomment.com/documents/370370?scroll_to=3267784 Neighborhoods are not walkable or people reside more and more out of walking distance from jobs. Commuters by vehicle only slightly decrease while remote workers increase at a greater magnitude. Result of an increase in employment (unemployment downward trend)? Vehicles replacing walking/biking? Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Time and cost of commuting are at a steady increase and are not slowing down. https://nowcomment.com/documents/370370?scroll_to=3267783 https://nowcomment.com/documents/370370?scroll_to=3267783 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Topic Sentence https://nowcomment.com/documents/370370?scroll_to=3267782 https://nowcomment.com/documents/370370?scroll_to=3267782 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Quote https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3260919 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3260919 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Cities like Shenzhen and Xiamen have experienced significant economic growth due to HSR being a major factor. https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3255385 https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3255385 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Adding a high-speed rail is morally controversial, like division of labor and taking advantage of cheap labor by offsetting lower-development jobs to places with developmental disadvantages. https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3255383 https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3255383 However, the HSR has a heterogeneous impact on economic activities in all types of areas (including big cities, small and medium cities, developed regions, and underdeveloped regions), which is what globalization is all about. Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 "diffusion effect" https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3249716 https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3249716 Drawback: This is something that can support the building of suburbs, whose purpose is to escape the problems of the city. However, if the city is supported by the government due to economic gains, then it can be more suitable and desirable to live. Benefit: This spreads development to places that are less developed like villages in rural areas. Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Adopting high-speed rails will give the benefits due to accessible regional heterogeneity. It will greatly impact the economy from the increased globalization within a country as large as China with diverse economies. (can work in the US too) https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3249709 https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3249709 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Businesses should support high-speed rails, as it has a "profound impact on economic growth and industrial development" https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3249706 https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3249706 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 "reduce the waste of resources caused by the mismatch between supply and demand" https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3249704 https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3249704 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 High-speed rail systems improve the efficiency of the *intercity transportation system* https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3249700 https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3249700 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Urban land expansion: cities move to the suburbs https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3249694 https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3249694 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 High speed rails mostly built in the suburbs https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3249692 https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3249692 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Relationship between traffic layout and ecological environment https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3249688 https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3249688 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Quote https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3249680 https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3249680 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Topic sentence https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3249676 https://nowcomment.com/documents/368463?scroll_to=3249676 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Solution currently being supported https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245665 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245665 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 thicken suburbs in accordance to local function and accessibility - solution that can bring benefits of city within residential communities https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245662 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245662 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Character of cities changed: immigration, public safety (drop in cities), problems of infrastructure within cities https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245660 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245660 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 clumpiness - possible solution https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245657 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245657 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Government planning is necessary for issues dealing with suburbia https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245656 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245656 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 People want space but high tech. Suburbs follow those criteria. https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245653 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245653 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Central city hollowed out, everything moves to suburbs. Suburbs thrive even in dying city. https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245652 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245652 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Regulation isn't the only thing that impedes population growth https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245649 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245649 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Availability of land -> low-density development https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245647 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245647 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 "no one goes there anymore; its too crowded" https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245645 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245645 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Growth moves to suburbia https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245641 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245641 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Unequal investment within cities: directed more to suburbs https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245639 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245639 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Iconic architecture does not work unless it serves a valuable activity. https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245059 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245059 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Benefit to cities https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245032 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245032 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Example of a place where the city was desirable https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245017 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245017 Why? Next sentence. Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Why urban environments failed https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245011 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245011 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Quote https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245007 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245007 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Garden City Movement: introduced the idea of adding benefits of country into the city. Made suburbs more desirable. https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245006 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245006 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Problem: cities crowded, unhealthy, clogged with traffic https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245002 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3245002 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 2 flaws of books researched: 1) cities and suburbs intertwined 2) overly distrustful of government planning https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3244998 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3244998 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Glaeser: why dense settlement is the key to progress and the source of innovation. https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3244995 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3244995 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 "importance of the American urban experience today" https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3244994 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3244994 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 This was the main historical issue that prompted the creation of suburbs. https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3244992 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367933?scroll_to=3244992 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Shows the scale at which inner-suburbs has shifted demographic https://nowcomment.com/documents/367697?scroll_to=3242269 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367697?scroll_to=3242269 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 One of the causes that make the issue of racial poverty worse https://nowcomment.com/documents/367697?scroll_to=3242268 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367697?scroll_to=3242268 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Exacerbation of racial discrimination https://nowcomment.com/documents/367697?scroll_to=3242267 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367697?scroll_to=3242267 Suburbs exacerbate issues that the US as a country already has, instead of being a place for isolation of problems. And, other US problems keep moving into suburbs which were once one of the best places to be with best local services. Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Statistic https://nowcomment.com/documents/367697?scroll_to=3242265 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367697?scroll_to=3242265 Problems the US has extends to suburbs, which were supposed to be a place that was separate of these problems. Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Purposes of suburbs: affordability and quality (temporarily) https://nowcomment.com/documents/367697?scroll_to=3242264 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367697?scroll_to=3242264 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Many perspectives (builds ethos) https://nowcomment.com/documents/367697?scroll_to=3242263 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367697?scroll_to=3242263 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Suburbs fuel discrimination against non-White peoples. https://nowcomment.com/documents/367697?scroll_to=3242261 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367697?scroll_to=3242261 When non-white people eventually move into suburbs due to civil rights, white people build new suburbs for themselves and leave the old stuff to people of color. Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Summary Sentence https://nowcomment.com/documents/367697?scroll_to=3242260 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367697?scroll_to=3242260 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Negative Feedback Loop https://nowcomment.com/documents/367697?scroll_to=3242259 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367697?scroll_to=3242259 There's a constant negative cycle where building new infrastructure showed benefit while maintaining it was passed on to someone else. Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Benefits to Building Suburbs https://nowcomment.com/documents/367697?scroll_to=3242257 https://nowcomment.com/documents/367697?scroll_to=3242257 The benefits to building suburbs were many services and low taxes. However, in the long term, maintaining this infrastructure took a great toll. Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 This document shows how community gets strengthened by being more inclusive and open to diverse thought. https://nowcomment.com/documents/360581?scroll_to=3168909 https://nowcomment.com/documents/360581?scroll_to=3168909 Community is part of human nature, and a genuine constructive community needs genuine positive emotion. Closing yourself from relationships which are guaranteed positive in a genuine community goes against the power of a true community. It leads to fake emotions and in the end wouldn’t mutually benefit all in that community. Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 Local governments develop inclusivity by doing extra work promoting better communication for all. Community is all about communication and mutual thought bridge-building. This naturally bolsters inclusivity. https://nowcomment.com/documents/360581?scroll_to=3168908 https://nowcomment.com/documents/360581?scroll_to=3168908 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 As a facilitator, being an active listener is crucial for a good community. This means taking in all suggestions and experiences and being inclusive to all. https://nowcomment.com/documents/360581?scroll_to=3168906 https://nowcomment.com/documents/360581?scroll_to=3168906 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 These are 4 key qualities that help build communities, but they also help build inclusivity. Coincidence? https://nowcomment.com/documents/360581?scroll_to=3168905 https://nowcomment.com/documents/360581?scroll_to=3168905 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 This statement answers my question that excluding others doesn't help build a closer community, and how scientific studies have shown that inclusivity results in better outcomes. https://nowcomment.com/documents/360581?scroll_to=3168903 https://nowcomment.com/documents/360581?scroll_to=3168903 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400 My question about community is "Does excluding others help build a closer community?" This source helps answer that question, by saying that it doesn't and quite the opposite is true: inclusivity builds community. https://nowcomment.com/documents/360581?scroll_to=3168898 https://nowcomment.com/documents/360581?scroll_to=3168898 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:03:20 -0400