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Point taken.

On the equity issue, I'm playing somewhat of a Devil's Advocate here. But I think the larger issue still stands. The article cites PG's portion of federal workers and their much lower portion of federal jobs, implying that there should be more equality there.

I don't think that should be true. PG is by nature a suburb. And that doesn't have to be a bad thing, but it is what it is. Job centers ought to be central, to some degree.

Decentralization is inefficient. Over time, it will cause more problems than it solves. To the extent that PG growth causes more decentralization, that's not really a solution to the region's long term problems.

More broadly, the problem with living near your work in the suburban context is that the raw distance and the decentralization makes such proximity impossible. If it's a family and you have two working parents, one who works in Suitland and one in Tysons, then we haven't solved anything.

I guess the broader way to put it would be that polycentricity is the core issue that causes these problems of imbalance. Simply trying to re-balance that polycentricity in terms of equity doesn't address the core issue.

by Alex B. on Feb 13, 2012 4:38 pm • link • report

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