城市的胜利
Triumph of the City
Edward L. Glaeser · 初版 2011 年
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为什么值得读
- 阐明人口密度如何有效促进思想交流
- 分析城市在环保与可持续生活上的显著优势
- 揭示限制城市健康发展的供求与制度障碍
一位开创性的城市经济学家提供了令人着迷、甚至振奋人心的证据，证明城市是人类最伟大的发明，也是我们未来的最大希望。美国是一个城市化国家。超过三分之二的人口居住在仅占国土面积 3% 的城市土地上。然而城市却名声不佳：脏乱、贫困、不健康、犯罪频发、生活成本高昂、对环境不友好……但事实果真如此吗？正如 Edward Glaeser 在这本破除迷思的著作中所证明的那样，城市实际上是无论在健康、环保还是财富（文化和经济层面）上都最为宜居的地方。例如，纽约人的寿命
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关于这个问题的讨论正在慢慢传开——关于这个主题，我喜欢引用 Edward Glaeser 的《The Triumph of the City》和 Ryan Avent 的《The Gated City》——但我认为很多人根本就不懂供需关系。有一次在西雅图，我开车送一个读法学院的朋友回家，她抱怨说……
Word about this problem is trickling out, slowly—I like to cite Edward Glaeser's The Triumph of the City and Ryan Avent's The Gated City on the subject—but I think a lot of people simply don't understand supply and demand. One time in Seattle I was driving home a friend, who was in law school, and she complained…
如果你对这个话题感兴趣，Donald Shoup 的《The High Cost of Free Parking》和 Edward Glaeser 的《The Triumph of the City》都值得一读。前者解释了“免费”停车为什么并非真正的免费，以及它是如何扭曲诸多行为的；后者则是关于城市有什么好处，以及如何建设健康的城市……
If you're interested in this topic, Donald Shoup's The High Cost of Free Parking and Edward Glaeser's The Triumph of the City are both worth reading. The former explains how "free" parking isn't really free and how it distorts a lot of behavior, and the latter is about what cities are good for and how to build healthy cities…
既然很明显大多数人想要的完全相反，为什么你们/我们要强推高密度？问题在于竞争环境并不公平：正如 Edward Glaeser 在他的书《The Triumph of the City》（强烈推荐；http://www.amazon.com/Triumph-City-Greatest-Invention-Health...）中指出的那样，城市生活面临着大量的体制性障碍，包括（排名不分先后）：1) 房贷利息……
Why are you/we trying to force density when it's so obvious that most people want the exact opposite? The problem is that the playing field isn't level: as Edward Glaeser points out in his book, The Triumph of the City (highly recommended; http://www.amazon.com/Triumph-City-Greatest-Invention-Health...), there are numerous institutional barriers to urban living, including, in no particular order: 1) Mortgage interest…
这条评论很有见地；如果你想了解更多，可以看看 Edward Glaeser 的书《The Triumph of the City》（http://www.amazon.com/Triumph-City-Greatest-Invention-Health...），里面关于 1) 密度如何促进思想传播，2) 城市对环境的影响，以及 3) 交通……都讲得非常透彻。
This is a perspicacious comment; if you're curious about more, see Edward Glaeser's book The Triumph of the City (http://www.amazon.com/Triumph-City-Greatest-Invention-Health...), which is quite good on 1) how density promotes idea transmission, 2) the environmental consequences of cities, and 3) transportation…
它们存在是有原因的：供水、排污、交通、污染 并不尽然。更多详情参见爱德华·格莱泽的《城市的胜利》（The Triumph of the City）、马特·伊格莱西亚斯的《房租太TM高了》以及瑞安·埃文特的《门禁之城》；特别留意一下讲城市生活往往比其他替代方式环保可持续得多的那些章节。
they exist for a reason: water, sewage, traffic, pollution Not really. See Edward Glaeser's The Triumph of the City, Matt Yglesias's The Rent is Too Damn High, and Ryan Avent's The Gated City for more; pay particularly close attention to the sections about how urban life tends to be far more sustainable than alternatives.
……无家可归现象，很大程度上是因为飞涨的住房成本。”但他没有提及供求关系是如何影响价格的，就像 Matt Yglesias 在《The Rent is Too Damn High》或 Edward Glaeser 在《The Triumph of the City》中所阐述的那样。两位作者都敏锐地观察到，许多城市行政区都在阻止兴建住房来满足不断增长的需求；结果就是价格飙升。这主要并不是科技公司或他们的……
…homelessness, largely because of the soaring cost of housing." But he doesn't mention how supply and demand affect pricing, as Matt Yglesias does in The Rent is Too Damn High or Edward Glaeser does in The Triumph of the City. Both writers have correctly observed that many urban jurisdictions prevent housing from being built to accommodate growing demand; as a result, prices rise. It's not primarily tech companies or their…