I don't disagree that successful dense, walkable neighorhoods exist. I could have phrased my post better. What I take issue with is the position advanced in th

I don't disagree that successful dense, walkable neighorhoods exist. I could have phrased my post better. What I take issue with is the position advanced in this thread that raising the hassle of owning/operating a car in places like Hyde Park is a good idea, that it will somehow transform those neighborhoods to be more like New York.