Originally Posted by
Stadjer
No. Urbanization will continue so cities will grow and most cities will meet some natural barriers if they keep spreading out. There's also the nature of cities, they work because travel distances/times are limited. Otherwise buildings would be much more evenly spread out over the land.
It hasn't worked that way in much of the US. Small to mid sized cities, especially those that grew in the post war era, became very decentralized. The city I live in was substantially built after 1970. Residential and commercial areas are spread over a wide area. The central city is largely populated with lawyers and lobbyists. There's little retail and no night life. The city planners have always wanted to make the area more vibrant and there's a longstanding plan to make one street car free for a couple of blocks. They haven't pulled that off in 30 years.