Most of the benefits are block level not agglomeration level. In per capita energy density terms a few blocks of 4-5 story buildings around a Whole Foods and trader joe is probably as good as a metro area high-rise. Don’t need bloody symphonies and football teams everywhere.
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This is the question I've been trying to answer for the past month or so. All I've uncovered so far is more questions. Important to me on many levels. I'll report back in a few years if I figure it out.
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Network effects need to be there to support that Whole Foods. You don’t see WF in 10,000 pop cachements. High density allows those network effects.
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Where is this idea from? The American obsession with bigness? My town (6000) has three supermarkets in a catchment area < 20,000 people. Most of the efficiency benefits are gained <10k population, if the town is designed right. You can easily meet daily needs at that size.
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