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> this policy might not translate to the real world as intended. Certainly there's no guarantees but it's not as if there is a lack of good examples of success
by wyldfire 7y ago
> this policy might not translate to the real world as intended.
Certainly there's no guarantees but it's not as if there is a lack of good examples of success of mixed-use zoning. NYC is a common example in the US but there's similar ones all over the world.
> More people will invariably mean more cars.
If you worked ~ten blocks away from where you lived, would you get in a car to get there (knowing that it would take about the same overall duration or longer via car)? Seems especially nice that you could count on favorable weather most of the time.
- blackflame7000 7y agoNobody in San Diego wants the city to be like NYC. Also how many people do you really think are going to get a high enough paying job in San Diego within 10 blocks of their residence? That's an absolute fantasy and planning based on an ideal world is why the trolley has an avg of 2000 riders per day instead of the projected 12,000.
- my_username_is_ 7y agoNYC isn't the only model for density. Small houses on small lots can and does create lots of housing in places that don't typically come to mind when you think of dense (as this blog points out, Provincetown MA is one example: http://www.andrewalexanderprice.com/blog20141104.php#.XUHrGOhKiUl http://www.andrewalexanderprice.com/blog20141104.php#.XUHrGO...)