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RE: Archisteem 3: Mirco-housing Module for Tropical Climate|Bringing People Back to The City
Like you said, maybe not feasible.
It's like, the land we have is considered big, people can be more widespread out, but still they initiate people to stay within the crowd, adding more people, drives the cost up and up.
I really don't know how to react when "innovation" took place but not development and improvement of the things that have in hand :/ Like, upgrading town to cities (I know, some may not want this to happen, it will drive the living cost up), public transport, lrt in new cities. who knows, right, it'll lead to promoting more jobs in the new town.
We came a very long way from nomad to little village, to town, to city and now megacities (with 10million population and above). Prosperity does come with people staying close together, sharing infrastructure and have more interaction. We can see a city is like a company too. A city needs to be productive to create good revenue for it to sustain. Hence, every citizen in it should be productive, which means every one of the citizens should participate in the process of creating value. Without the participation, the city will slow down and not performing, losing its attractiveness to talents. It is somehow a paradox.
As for us, we are free to choose whether to live a hectic life in the city or a chill life on a beach or in a suburban area. What I can say is that I do appreciate what we are capable of now and what we have now like electricity, clean water, communication tools, internet and so on. Cities have it all while rural areas may not have those. Now, perhaps is just finding the equilibrium point where people can breathe in such a hectic context. Anyway, I still support urbanization but not in a way just purely creating big buildings just for the profit.
A great highlight from you on the frustration of crowding people in one spot, but "innovation" does come when people gather and work together. Which will you willing to sacrifice?