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Suburban growth is a Ponzi scheme because a city of finite size cannot keep growing at an accelerating rate, and only that would pay the bills it has taken on.

Drawn from what Charles Marohn said

Subjectspublic debthousing
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housing What a place to live costs and why: how much gets built, zoning, and who is blamed for the price.

What Charles Marohn actually said

  1. Charles Marohn Civil engineer and land use planner
    Of course, with the suburban model, it is physically impossible for a city of finite dimension to grow indefinitely, let alone at amounts that accelerate forever.

    Where this was said

    ↗The Growth Ponzi Scheme, Part 1strongtowns.org

    17 Jun 2011

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