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Funny, but doesn’t this ignore the transaction costs and headaches inherent in trying to organize a payment system, property ownership, and rights-of-way from 1000s of people? I know governments are expensive and prone to just grabbing land under eminent domain, but what’s an alternative? Tyranny of the homeowner’s association?
Our view of transit is warped by public roadways. This abundance is part of what caused the uniquely American reliance on car culture, a reluctance to use or innovate public transit, and the growth of urban sprawl. Urban sprawl, incidentally, which is a primary cause of home-owners associations.
If we were stuck with this kind of ‘tyranny’, I think the rational solution would be less home-ownership. More folks would rent, there’d be more corporate landlords (given less sprawl and more urban centralization), and a diversity of living arrangements. Given the experience of the economic collapse, and the looming foreclosure crisis, these ideas might have some vitality and merit they may not have appeared to have in 2007. Additionally, there’d probably be less need/demand for Fannie/Freddie.