You can read my thoughts on fine-grained and coarse-grained urbanism in my article Granularity.

I would love to own property one day. I would love to be able to build my dream townhome in a nice urban neighborhood. We have tons of vacant land up and down the Hudson River waiting for infill development. The problem is that it is being sold in bulk for many millions of dollars. I can’t afford that.

I’m going to throw out an idea here and see what you think.

The city of Hoboken has recently acquired land to turn into a park for about $112 a square foot. A typical block in Hoboken is about 200x400 feet. So for a similar price, the city should be able to acquire one of these blocks that they want to see redeveloped for $9 million.