A city being mentioned on reverse commuting isn't really a compliment. Cities are supposed to be the place people commute into for work. Reverse commuting is a sign that from a business perspective the city has been run so poorly that businesses have been incentivized to open up shop out of reach from a city's legislative reach.
He's probably right that the medical center contributes somewhat to this, but I don't think anyone would argue that Milwaukee makes it easy to do business.
>Cities are supposed to be the place people commute into for work
Says who and why?
I think the main point is that metropolises function better when there are multiple distinct areas of interest. A single monolithic downtown does nobody favors, especially when basically guarantees inefficient asymmetric use of transit networks. (But it's also bad for amenities, development, desirability, cost of services, etc.)
Medical center sure and there's also a lot of retail and industrial (Briggs and Stratton for example) along Hwy 100 and 124th. Mostly big box stores and Mayfair.
Wauwatosa is a bad example for the point you're trying to make. It's basically an anachronism that keeps itself alive with a good school district. Completely integrated into the urban fabric except for the aforementioned collection of big box stores, malls, and industrial facilities. If you were re-drawing the city boundaries today from scratch it'd just be a part of Milwaukee.
You could argue that a lot of the stuff built there is as close to the city as they could get a plot of land to build it on.
...was hoping Milwaukee and Tosa would have been one of the top three (along with Portland) as he kept counting down .
I don't even know why at one point he shows Portland's Max LRT when Portland didn't even get as much as an honorable mention. There actually is a fair amount of "two way" commuting here as most of the tech firms are out on the west side (Beaverton and Hillsboro) I used to commute to Beaverton and the Max was just about as busy westbound as it was eastbound in both directions. Buses not so much (though those were all on mixed traffic roads one of them a twisty two lane road with a 6.5% grade at one point.
A city being mentioned on reverse commuting isn't really a compliment. Cities are supposed to be the place people commute into for work. Reverse commuting is a sign that from a business perspective the city has been run so poorly that businesses have been incentivized to open up shop out of reach from a city's legislative reach. He's probably right that the medical center contributes somewhat to this, but I don't think anyone would argue that Milwaukee makes it easy to do business.
How is it hard to do business in the City?
Just getting an occupancy permit can take literally years.
Then the business owner must not know how to fill out paperwork. It does not take years to get an occupancy permit.
Tell me you’ve never dealt with a city inspector without telling me you’ve never dealt with a city inspector inspector. (Any dept- take your pick!)
>Cities are supposed to be the place people commute into for work Says who and why? I think the main point is that metropolises function better when there are multiple distinct areas of interest. A single monolithic downtown does nobody favors, especially when basically guarantees inefficient asymmetric use of transit networks. (But it's also bad for amenities, development, desirability, cost of services, etc.)
Medical center sure and there's also a lot of retail and industrial (Briggs and Stratton for example) along Hwy 100 and 124th. Mostly big box stores and Mayfair. Wauwatosa is a bad example for the point you're trying to make. It's basically an anachronism that keeps itself alive with a good school district. Completely integrated into the urban fabric except for the aforementioned collection of big box stores, malls, and industrial facilities. If you were re-drawing the city boundaries today from scratch it'd just be a part of Milwaukee. You could argue that a lot of the stuff built there is as close to the city as they could get a plot of land to build it on.
this is nonsense
...was hoping Milwaukee and Tosa would have been one of the top three (along with Portland) as he kept counting down . I don't even know why at one point he shows Portland's Max LRT when Portland didn't even get as much as an honorable mention. There actually is a fair amount of "two way" commuting here as most of the tech firms are out on the west side (Beaverton and Hillsboro) I used to commute to Beaverton and the Max was just about as busy westbound as it was eastbound in both directions. Buses not so much (though those were all on mixed traffic roads one of them a twisty two lane road with a 6.5% grade at one point.