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We can't mix together residential and commercial properties in the US (anymore) due to zoning laws, so walkable cities are effectively on life support and are o
by sli 6y ago
We can't mix together residential and commercial properties in the US (anymore) due to zoning laws, so walkable cities are effectively on life support and are only going to get more and more rare as time goes on. Each time a mixed-use building is demolished, another piece of a walkable city dies that likely won't ever come back. Suburbs and unaffordable metropolises are poised to kill off the ability to live without a car.
- vonmoltke 6y ago> We can't mix together residential and commercial properties in the US (anymore) due to zoning laws You make this statement like there are national zoning laws. Doing exactly this is common in northeastern New Jersey, and the result is pretty dense and walkable suburban areas. That said, much of this is due to momentum; many of the suburbs were platted before car ownership was widespread and the later ones continued similar, familiar patterns.
- burner831234 6y agoActually the rise of suburbs was subsidized by the federal government. Separately a lot of state and local legislation that is contentious can be copy pasted and sent along by lobbying groups.