Hence why building suburban sprawl is unsustainable, and is actually a major economic problem for the Bay Area & most of the US. Eventually you end up like Detroit, since suburban sprawl is very expensive to maintain.
Urban areas need to densify rapidly if we hope to avoid financial catastrophe in the US, and many areas need to be returned to agricultural use instead of suburban sprawl, as with sprawl we have essentially covered our most fertile land in low density, high maintenance housing & support infrastructure.
http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/1/9/the-real-reason-...
Urban areas need to densify rapidly if we hope to avoid financial catastrophe in the US, and many areas need to be returned to agricultural use instead of suburban sprawl, as with sprawl we have essentially covered our most fertile land in low density, high maintenance housing & support infrastructure. http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/1/9/the-real-reason-...