Underrated Growth of Central Business Districts of Large Cities?

[Agonized-Statism]

This was something that was hyped up a lot when peak oil doomerism was big and an energy crisis presaged the Great Recession...before the dramatic increase in US oil production started to cause a noticeable downward pressure on transportation costs in the mid-2010s. While I don't think we'll disperse nearly as much as was hyped up during COVID- remote work can't be nearly that widespread and people still want to live close to amenities- it looks like the suburbanization trend is here to stay. This is just a gentrifier thing.

Something will have to be done about the commuting situation in Houston, though, because it's going to be a crisis someday. The sprawl is too big and the traffic congestion is crazy. As much as I miss Texas I don't know how I could have done it there. Packing people in the inner-city again won't be a solution though, for quality of life or for sustainability (I'm skeptical that the technologies that could support a sustainable high-density city like vertical farming will ever be as productive and comparatively energy efficient as field farming).