[amtrak-official]

The Recipe for Midwestern and Rust Belt cities is highly sensitive, just by altering the composition of the housing stock you can get completely different cities as a final product.

• Add too many 5/1s, Now you have minneapolis
• Add too many Quadplexs, Now you have Cincinnati
• Add too many Row houses, Now you have Chicago
• Add too many Victorian Mansions, You get Louisville
• Add too many Shotguns, Now you get Milwaukee
• Add too many modern suburban homes, Now you have Columbus

[archaalen]

How do you get Detroit?

[amtrak-official]

Start demolishing houses

[lillith-bc]

How do you get Nashville?

[amtrak-official]

Nashville isn't part of the midwest

[layer8-issue]

Neither is Louisville.

[amtrak-official]

Louisville is Midwest in my Heart

[moshpitwallflower]

How do you get Philly?

[amtrak-official]

Philadelphia is unique in that you can create it by altering an element unrelated to housing supply, that element being streetcars