G Larry wrote: “”It is only in the last two generations that we have scaled places to the automobile.”” Quoting the article.
Prior to that, we scaled our places to the horse.
I want to scale my life to the flying car. I was promised one by 2000.
More seriously, this looks like the New Urbanism. If the current Chinese Plague didn't kill it, then the past month of Marxist iconoclastic riots did. Rents in San Francisco are dropping from the number of people moving out and I expect the same is happening in New York and other major cities.
The actual costs of infrastructure should be paid by the users. Build a new house and pay the real cost of the sewers, water, roads, sidewalks, electricity and gas. Don't underprice it to promote growth but don't overprice it to force the sheep back into the pen or fleece those who try to escape. After that, let the market decide when everyone has an honest price.