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I agree that having a house downtown is a nice way to live. And there are plenty of great cities in the US where houses close to downtown are affordable to the

I agree that having a house downtown is a nice way to live. And there are plenty of great cities in the US where houses close to downtown are affordable to the middle class. But a small, semi-detached house doesn't sound like medium density to me. That's only an option in a city where not everyone wants to live downtown (areas where people prefer the suburbs), or if you have enough money to outbid everyone else who wants that house.

darksaints 6y ago
You don't have to have houses stacked on top of each other to achieve density. There are plenty of turn of the century streetcar suburbs in the US that are chock full of detached single family homes but still have densities in the 10k/sqmi territory. It's only when you throw in minimum lot sizes, setbacks, wide streets, and minimum parking requirements that you take those single family homes and turn them into sprawl.