It’s not phrased the best it could be here, but he isn’t talking about all of NA, but he is talking about a majority of it. There are pockets here that will get better, and are doing so, but there’s also massive amounts that just can’t get better without razing them. The exurbs being built on top of prime farm land in Ontario is a perfect example of this. Those places can never, and will never be fixed, at least not within my lifetime. And it is a waste of energy and time to try to fix those places.
It’s not phrased the best it could be here, but he isn’t talking about all of NA, but he is talking about a majority of it. There are pockets here that will get better, and are doing so, but there’s also massive amounts that just can’t get better without razing them. The exurbs being built on top of prime farm land in Ontario is a perfect example of this. Those places can never, and will never be fixed, at least not within my lifetime. And it is a waste of energy and time to try to fix those places.
If they go bankrupt and people move away for newly pedestrianized cities that are nicer to live in, perhaps they will be razed eventually 🤔