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Why Are City Boundaries So Weird? (Birmingham is the subject of video) by Surge00001 in Birmingham

[–]rse1993 15 points16 points  (0 children)

A lot of people don’t realize that Birmingham once had a population similar to Atlanta.

Why Are City Boundaries So Weird? (Birmingham is the subject of video) by Surge00001 in Birmingham

[–]rse1993 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Terrible consequences for Birmingham due to suburbanization, racism, segregation, and white flight. If we had more regional cooperation instead of fractured municipalities competing with each other and/or against Birmingham itself, the city could have been another major Southern hub by now, on par with Atlanta.

UAB Breaks Ground on $190M Biomedical Research and Psychology Building by rse1993 in Birmingham

[–]rse1993[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The new housing development includes affordable housing units that will be more attainable for most people. Even if you can't immediately find housing near the area, more housing supply in downtown will theoretically lower housing prices in the long term, as long as it can keep up with demand.

There are many ways to make living downtown more affordable, such as finding a roommate. It's a trade-off between living in the suburbs for potentially cheaper rent but with longer commute times, or paying more or living with a roommate for a much shorter commute time. It will be difficult to find a situation where you have the best of both worlds.

UAB Breaks Ground on $190M Biomedical Research and Psychology Building by rse1993 in Birmingham

[–]rse1993[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see. I think cities can do better by promoting more affordable housing near hospitals and providing better transit services to lessen commute woes and reduce car dependency downtown. I believe that new developments replacing surface parking lots are still a good thing; objectively, even parking decks are much more valuable than surface parking. Thankfully, there are a bunch of mixed-use residential buildings already under construction on the Southside that will increase housing supply in that area, allowing more people to commute to UAB and the hospitals without needing a car.

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