> I'm still waiting for a mixed commercial/residential/governmental tract where you can have a police station, library, courthouse, and office space mixed in wi

> I'm still waiting for a mixed commercial/residential/governmental tract where you can have a police station, library, courthouse, and office space mixed in with houses and shops. Especially for "consumer" facing government services like libraries and postal centers. I think getting local governments to mix in more "official" functions might be harder since some of the legitimacy of those functions sometimes stems from the power signalling they use to distinguish the building from the rest of society -- e.g. courthouses tend to be big official looking buildings with lots of wood paneling in the courtrooms. In Korea, where land is at a premium, you find tiny police stations all over Seoul, but even the very small ones tend to be stand-alone affairs. IIR courthouses tend to be either standalone or as part of larger local government centers. http://img11.deviantart.net/5c0d/i/2013/337/5/1/police_station_in_seoul_korea_by_toyonda-d6wnct2.jpg http://img11.deviantart.net/5c0d/i/2013/337/5/1/police_stati... https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-waymarking-images/fb6d6675-11fb-40be-8681-ee9063581f82_d.jpg https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-waymarking-images/fb6d6675-11fb-...