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I'd hate to be stumbling home drunk in that village

• paganel 5y ago
  Unfortunately many of today's suburbias are practically the same, it's like a fungus that has spread from Northern America to the rest of the world. A few weeks ago I was exploring the streets around Copenhagen (like this one [1]) and I was surprised to see practically the same building repeating itself, quite soul-crushing in their uniformity. [1] https://www.google.com/maps/@55.6784592,12.461008,3a,75y,152h,80.28t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s--AS6MlSMy3c77CuvFYATQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@55.6784592,12.461008,3a,75y,152...
  • eMGm4D0zgUAVXc7 5y ago
    Why is there a miniature bike lane inside a very long stretch of road without a bike lane?
    • tveyben 5y ago
      To make bicycles safe around the speed limiting ‘a’ obstruction.
  • tveyben 5y ago
    Well - luckily that’s not the typical neighborhood in Denmark - we have a lot more building-diversity…!
  • derekp7 5y ago
    At least many areas have monotony laws in their building codes. The development where I bought my previous house from had accidentally sold two of the same house styles next to each other, so they ended up giving one of the buyers a free elevation upgrade (they had 4 models (floorplans), and 4 trim levels ("elevations") in each floor plan which was basically a simple roof, or adding [fake] dormers or other roof peaks features, and vinyl siding vs partial brick vs stone facing, etc). Add in different siding or brick colors and you could have a large variety with a minimal set of basic house plans.