Development that can wash its own face

In NZ our most common urban landuse – the suburb – starts out looking financially good, then absolutely gobbles money from the city, i.e. everyone not living in the suburb. How’s that? And is there another way to do suburbs?


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkwellington.org.nz/2023/development-that-can-wash-its-own-face/