The problem with growth is that the prevailing sentiment throughout the US is that current residents by and large do not want anything to change. They want economic growth and increases in quality of life and amenities, but they also want to keep the parking lot they used to hang out in as kids and to keep run down houses and buildings they have been accustomed to seeing. This is a huge reason why cities that obviously have so much potential almost never actually get a major boon because current residents vehemently oppose any actual improvements that change the "character" of the town.
Interesting video. A more representative treatment of our State would have included our third largest city, Casper (58,000), which is a working town. Your choice of Cheyenne and Laramie are anomalies in this State. Government and University are not representative. Folks in Wyoming are not interested in your "urbanism". We realize that this will flood the State with a dependent class that will serve as a voting bloc to change our way of life. People in Wyoming value work and self reliance, concepts antithetical to your "urbanism".
Then why include them in a video that focuses on urbanism when they aren’t attempting any kind of urbanism besides saying they’re self reliant while living within a major population center
Dang, well those of us "takers" who make money in education and government--most of the economy of the nation--time to throw in the towel. I've been to Casper--i see tendencies of urbanism. Not all of your parking is free.
As a resident of Park County, this is nonsense. Urbanism at its core is perfectly consistent with our state’s belief in entrepreneurialism and private property. It means freeing up property owners to build different kinds of housing with their own land. It allows property owners to build housing without arbitrary dictates from bureaucrats about how big their lot size has to be or what minimum square footage their house or building has to be. It allows business owners to develop without being forced by the government to provide X number of parking stalls or obey dictates by the state or city to be X number of arbitrary feet away from a curb. I understand not wanting our state to become California or New York. I don’t want that either. But respecting private property rights, having safe places to walk and bike, and getting rid of burdensome regulations is about as Wyoming as it gets, and urbanism is a useful tool for advancing those ideas.
I have been to both of these towns and enjoyed my visits.
me too! Great for train watchers
The problem with growth is that the prevailing sentiment throughout the US is that current residents by and large do not want anything to change. They want economic growth and increases in quality of life and amenities, but they also want to keep the parking lot they used to hang out in as kids and to keep run down houses and buildings they have been accustomed to seeing. This is a huge reason why cities that obviously have so much potential almost never actually get a major boon because current residents vehemently oppose any actual improvements that change the "character" of the town.
Thanks for this. Laramie wants its passenger trains back!
Interesting video.
A more representative treatment of our State would have included our third largest city, Casper (58,000), which is a working town.
Your choice of Cheyenne and Laramie are anomalies in this State. Government and University are not representative.
Folks in Wyoming are not interested in your "urbanism". We realize that this will flood the State with a dependent class that will serve as a voting bloc to change our way of life.
People in Wyoming value work and self reliance, concepts antithetical to your "urbanism".
Then why include them in a video that focuses on urbanism when they aren’t attempting any kind of urbanism besides saying they’re self reliant while living within a major population center
Dang, well those of us "takers" who make money in education and government--most of the economy of the nation--time to throw in the towel. I've been to Casper--i see tendencies of urbanism. Not all of your parking is free.
As a resident of Park County, this is nonsense. Urbanism at its core is perfectly consistent with our state’s belief in entrepreneurialism and private property. It means freeing up property owners to build different kinds of housing with their own land. It allows property owners to build housing without arbitrary dictates from bureaucrats about how big their lot size has to be or what minimum square footage their house or building has to be.
It allows business owners to develop without being forced by the government to provide X number of parking stalls or obey dictates by the state or city to be X number of arbitrary feet away from a curb.
I understand not wanting our state to become California or New York. I don’t want that either. But respecting private property rights, having safe places to walk and bike, and getting rid of burdensome regulations is about as Wyoming as it gets, and urbanism is a useful tool for advancing those ideas.
Hilarious that you think urbanists are "takers" when blue states contribute more to federal taxes while red states take more.