I don’t really get the sentiment here - what’s happening is the standard development if a public good (that youtube kind of was before google purchased them) gets privatized. It’s the same with communications (isn’t AT&T great?), water, electricity, rail infrastructure and trains, roads - investors are never good for the public good. They’re only good at lining their pockets.

Thanks, great comment that should be a post!

The problem with that concept is that it’s not efficient. Sustainable (i.e. car-free) settlements are dense to minimize distances while economies of scale naturally apply to farming. In the mentioned cases, the agriculture is more of a (costly) gimmick that adds to the cost of housing.

It’s always sensible to look at ancient solutions that are more often than not better suited to solve the problems to modern solutions. Farming has always happened in concentric rings around the settlements, not interspersed.

However, parks that grow food serve an aesthetic function that might justify the increased cost.