There aren't a lot of prominent critics of urbanism out there. Yes, lots of people argue against bike lanes, public transit, or housing density at city hall meetings, but relatively few people make their name in arguing for "suburbanist" approaches to housing and transportation.

Randal O'Toole, also known as the Antiplanner, is one big exception. He takes urbanist beliefs about housing and transportation, flips them on their head, and argues for the exact opposite. In this video we explore some of his beliefs to try to see where he's coming from.

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References: Densification Was a Communist Plot: https://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=19904 Free Transit Is Just More Oppression: https://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=19924 The Case for Single-Family Neighborhoods: https://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=16526 How Cato Sold Out California Property Owners: https://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=19643 Americans Are Unprepared for a Nuclear Attack: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/06/11/would-you-know-what-to-do-during-a-nuclear-attack-218675/ The Local Residential Land Use Regulatory Environment Across U.S. Housing Markets: https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w26573/w26573.pdf Vancouver lot sizes: https://twitter.com/GRIDSVancouver/status/1513703003366178818?t=cJdaXyR34vXu3GeI1KNlHw Toronto housing market: https://wowa.ca/toronto-housing-market Green Cities, Brown Suburbs: https://www.city-journal.org/html/green-cities-brown-suburbs-13143.html

Music we used: Medium Rock by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Artist: http://audionautix.com/

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