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What makes you say it seems like a ripe opportunity when you don’t seem to have a picture of how it would differ from a typical suburb?
by FroshKiller 6y ago
What makes you say it seems like a ripe opportunity when you don’t seem to have a picture of how it would differ from a typical suburb?
- ironmagma 6y agoI can picture a few differences: more open spaces and random desks for community use (once COVID is more out of the equation), and high speed Internet is a given. Right now it's a bit of a crapshoot whether you can get a connection, especially if it involves convincing your neighbors to let the service provider access their back yard.
- FroshKiller 6y agoWhat do you mean "more open spaces" than a suburb? Who makes a buying decision about where to live based on "random desks"? Surely working comfortably from home primarily depends on all the usual factors that determine which home you move into, which for almost all buyers will have nothing to do with living near other remote workers. Where is the value?
- ironmagma 6y agoRemote people often seek out coffee shops or libraries, even though those are not "home," or arguably even because they are not home. An apartment complex with second or third spaces would have some appeal according to that desire.
- FroshKiller 6y agoWhy wouldn't I prefer to live in a community that has an actual coffee shop and an actual library close by?
- ironmagma 6y agoPeople tend to prefer meeting people like themselves or who at least share circumstances with themselves.
- FroshKiller 6y agoIf I move near a coffee shop or library, am I not more likely to meet people at the coffee shop or library who are interested in coffee shops or libraries?
- baron816 6y agoWanted to open it up to others’ ideas first. It’d need to appeal to a younger crowd, not just families. So it would need to have bars/restaurants/other cultural destinations. Since almost no one needs to commute, it wouldn’t be designed around the car and driving. So would need some mechanism for people to receive deliveries and go get other goods from local stores without having to get in a vehicle. I think it would be a good idea for there to be communal kitchens and dining halls. I’m thinking most people would want to get food delivered or sit out in a public space for lunch, but would get together with other households and cook for dinner. Large dining halls would be great for frequent festivals and celebrations.
- jrpt 6y agoCheck out https://culdesac.com/ https://culdesac.com/ if that's what you're thinking.
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoI like the approach of making a community, which is what a suburb distinctly is not. But right at the moment, I'm not sure that communal kitchens sound like a great idea...
- FroshKiller 6y agoHow does a suburb preclude community?
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoI know of no suburbs that offer community to the degree that baron816 is describing. Urban neighborhoods, sure, but not suburbs. Does a suburb preclude community? Not necessarily; baron816's vision is exactly that of a suburb that does not exclude it. But in current practice, yes, a suburb pretty much does exclude community.
- FroshKiller 6y agoI asked how a suburb precludes community, not whether a suburb precludes community.