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European cities are not smaller in terms of population or services offered. It's just European cities are better planned compared to most American cities. This
by jsemrau 10y ago
European cities are not smaller in terms of population or services offered. It's just European cities are better planned compared to most American cities. This whole "suburban" lifestyle .....
- kobeya 10y agoSome people like suburbia.
- wcummings 10y agoPeople liking something doesn't make it sustainable.
- CalRobert 10y agoSome people like helicopters too; that doesn't mean cities should require all houses to have helipads.
- jsemrau 10y agoSuburbia has the benefits of affordable housing at the cost of transportation. That's why it was such a successful concept. In many non-American cities proximity to trainstations increases housing cost. With the colonization of America and the technical innovation of the automobile this was no longer deemed necessary.