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Massachusetts is doing that. Every outlying town is now required to select an area where they will now zone for denser housing with offices and shops. If they d
by ocschwar 10y ago
Massachusetts is doing that. Every outlying town is now required to select an area where they will now zone for denser housing with offices and shops. If they don't, Beacon Hill (the state government) will select it for them.
It's still not going to be completely European (the early American settlers built streets wide for fear of fire, and because they really, really liked being able to do U-turns with horse carts,) but American 1890's style is well worth cherishing on its own merits.
- rwhitman 10y agoThat's amazing, I had no idea. I hope other states get on board with this
- agentgt 10y agoThey are even doing it in the rich suburbs of MA like Wellesley. Wellesley and Newton are trying to stop tear down McMansion mania and our passing laws that you can't knock and rebuild unless you have lived there for a while or have an "accident".... I predict more fires in the coming years...