It's amazing the different philosophies states demonstrate when choosing how and where to site their seats of government. Some have smaller footprints, with fewer offices co-located and less associated infrastructure; some take up large swaths of land, locating every possible state agency together in one place with enormous parking lots and stroads facilitating all the generated travel demand. Some are located in small cities, some in the largest city in the state, practically downtown. The upshot is, you see a LOT of different land use outcomes.
Today we're looking at the ten worst -- state capitals that have the most deleterious impacts on the cities they occupy. As always, this particular bottom ten list is a trojan horse for talking about all the good and bad impacts land use and transportation decisions have on the places we live -- this time, decisions being made directly by the governments of 50 states.
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Previous CityNerd Videos Referenced:
- Waterfront Freeway Malpractice, featuring Lake Shore Drive: https://youtu.be/RK0_zh7B-H4
- The 10 Ginormous Parking Lots of the US: https://youtu.be/Oqsk73g6tqI
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Resources:
- https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/new-development-plan-in-the-works-for-st-pauls-sears-site/
- https://www.zillow.com/home-values/6118/nashville-tn/
- https://www.zillow.com/home-values/10221/austin-tx/
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Images
- Missouri State Capitol (thumbnail) By KTrimble at English Wikipedia - Own work (KTrimble), CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15646618
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