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It sounds like most people are driving cars instead of walking or cycling and small businesses are virtually nonexistant. This seems like a problem to me.

• pchristensen 17y ago
  No, most people are walking or riding trains. Very few people have cars. Small businesses were about as common as in US suburbs.
  • evanrmurphy 17y ago
    > No, most people are walking or riding trains. Very few people have cars. I guess I misinterpreted your "once a critical mass of households own a car" comment. > Small businesses were about as common as in US suburbs. Virtually nonexistant in the US suburbs I come from. I think this quality is representative of suburbs in general, but mine may also be an extreme case.
    • pchristensen 17y ago
      I started out saying that auto-burbs are economically efficient once enough people own cars, then gave Skarholmen as an example of how it could be. The lack of small businesses is typical of suburbs, which are primarily places to live without a specific local economic purpose. Exceptions are typically hair salons, small restaurants, dry cleaners, etc.