Andrew Burleson

Thoughts on Peter Newman talk

neoHOUSTON, urban designer and real estate consultant, Jan 30, 09.

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Which is the path to economic health and wealth creation: burning your money on transportation, or having more money to invest in real property that gains value? Andrew Burleson comments on Houston Tomorrow’s Peter Newman presentation, and notes that the average American household spends more than 20% of its total wealth on automobiles. In places like Houston and Atlanta the numbers are much higher. Why do we do this? In large part because we have no choice. He also worries about engineers operating from a flawed fundamental concept. Read more

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