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Strong Towns | Charles Marohn | Talks at Google

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What it is

Charles Marohn of Strong Towns presents, in a Talks at Google session, the ideas from his book on why many North American towns struggle financially despite decades of growth. He argues for incremental, bottom-up city building as a path to local prosperity.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters link it in housing and urbanism threads as a clear explanation of unsustainable car-oriented development and fragile systems.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “Here's a talk by Charles Marohn regarding this topic”

    Talk on incremental city building

    imtringued, 2021-02 · Recommendation · in “California’s affordable housing problem is really a national one”

  2. “It has a great explanation of the difference between complex and complicated”

    Explains complex versus complicated and fragility of systems

    richardfey, 2021-05 · Recommendation · in “Artist faked being a billionaire to photograph New York City’s best views”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: strong towns, charles marohn, incremental development, suburban finance, housing

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