[mensetmanusman]

I wonder if America will ever build new cities.

[travisporter]

Always wondered if you could solve housing issues by high speed rail, like Sacramento-Bay area (not a local so I could be completely wrong)

[willcipriano]

If I was going to spend a few trillion on infrastructure, I'd look into build massive housing blocks on the distant outskirts of the most expensive cities and connect them via fully automated high speed rail lines. Eventually the areas around the housing blocks would become cities in and of themselves if you put them out far enough.

[nzrf]

That reminds me of book the way you put that with automated high speed rail.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roads_Must_Roll

It seems like we have wanted to solve the highway congestion problem since its inception, if that was published in 1940.

[jseliger]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28434514

[seattle_spring]

There are plenty of existing cities and towns that simply could use some revitalization.