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Secure your privacy with Surfshark! Enter coupon code TYPEASHTON for an extra 3 months free at https://surfshark.deals/TYPEASHTON Just 40 years ago, the housing in Leipzig was crumbling. Industrial waste and brownfield sites speckled across the city. And after the fall of the Berlin wall, a mass exodus of residents westward left an already fragile cityscape in peril. But then, everything changed....
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00:00 Intro
01:55 Urban Decline & De-Densification
05:40 Urban Infill and Renewal
10:42 Best VPN
11:58 An Amazing Transformation
Episode No. 146
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Secure your privacy with Surfshark! Enter coupon code TYPEASHTON for an extra 3 months free at https://surfshark.deals/TYPEASHTON Just 40 years ago, the housing in Leipzig was crumbling. Industrial waste and brownfield sites speckled across the city. And after the fall of the Berlin wall, a mass exodus of residents westward left an already fragile cityscape in peril. But then, everything changed....
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:55 Urban Decline & De-Densification
05:40 Urban Infill and Renewal
10:42 Best VPN
11:58 An Amazing Transformation
Episode No. 146
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π₯ Website: blackforestfamily.com
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![Is Your City Broke? USA vs. Germany
Cities around the globe do carry debt, but unlike in the United States, municipalities canβt go broke in Germany.... and the funding of public infrastructure is wildly different. The first 500 people to use my link https://skl.sh/blackforestfamily12241 will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare premium!
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:04 Drowning in Debt
06:12 Why U.S. Cities arebDrowning in Debt
10:03 Graphics for this Video
11:47 Germany Municipal Funding
16:45 City vs. City
19:47 The Big Picture
Want to Learn More? Check out:
This Video on Municipal Debt and Infrastructure from @NotJustBikes:
How Bankrupt American Cities Stay Alive - Debt [ST04]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfQUOHlAocY
This awesome report on Municipal Debt and Budgeting from @strongtowns
Why Cities are Flying Blind When It Comes to Their Own Debt
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2023/7/3/how-oklahoma-city-sneaks-in-a-property-tax-and-the-distortions-that-creates
*All Sources at End of Video to Read More*
Episode No. 163
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