Why Galesburg has no money
This is basically what Strong Towns harps on: the infrastructure for super low density development is extremely costly relative to how much &#x27;stuff&#x27; you&#x27;re building the infrastructure for.<p>Initially it&#x27;s not so bad, because it takes decades before you need to do replacement-level repairs&#x2F;maintenance, but eventually it catches up with you. Some cities escape it (at least for a while) by building even more or by simply having a fantastic economy, but the ones that don&#x27;t...it&#x27;s not pretty.