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This is a very good point, I was always wondering how this is financially maintained, especially because of the key word "low density" in the US, it sure looks
by yawaworht1978 5y ago
This is a very good point, I was always wondering how this is financially maintained, especially because of the key word "low density" in the US, it sure looks beautiful compared to Europe's large cities.
Rest assured though, London, Paris, Barcelona all of whom I have lived in, the houses and the apartments are build like a sardine can and the roads are untidy, smelly etc. Bar maybe the tourist areas which are preserved in a better state no matter what, to present themselves in a good light. Looks like there is not enough money either, or it's funneled to the wrong places.
At least the US suburbia's look very nice, no doubt I would live in one of these if I ever go to live in the US, these places are unaffordable to mortals in Europe or associated with a large commute to work.
Looks like most government everywhere grab deep into people's pockets but don't have deep pockets themselves.
- yhoneycomb 5y agoIt’s not as great as it seems. It’s very isolating, especially if you aren’t old enough to drive yet/don’t have a car
- bjackman 5y agoAs a perpetually urban European, American surburbia does not look beautiful to me. It looks depressing and empty, disconnected. Dense cities have their own problems caused by different economic fuckery, but I'll still choose living in what the article calls a "human scale" environment every time.
- refurb 5y agoPossible solution: you live in a dense urban area and people who want to live in the suburbs live there?
- notacoward 5y agoThat's fine as long as it's sustainable - environmentally, financially, etc. I don't think it is. The wealth transfers from urban areas to the ever-expanding fridge can't continue indefinitely.
- username90 5y agoUSA doesn't let people who want to live in a dense urban area live there, since they mostly prohibit construction of dense urban areas so those becomes extremely rare and expensive. Europe doesn't prohibit construction of sparse suburban areas, you can find them around every city just by driving a bit outside the city core, nobody is saying we must remove those.
- cjfd 5y agoPerhaps London, Paris, and Barcelona are like that because there are so many tourists there. Many houses are rent out by airbnb. Living in a smaller European city I have to say that it is well-kept and charming and beautiful and I live in walking distance to the shopping center and in walking distance to the central square with the bars as well as within walking distance to a few nice parks. Really within walking or cycling distance to everything. The US suburbs really look pretty much dead in comparison to that.
- cjfd 5y agoO and don't forget the many events that are being held here. Or at least were, before corona. There is a jazz festival, a photography festival, an event in the castle every year. More or less some kind of event about every two weeks during all of summer.
- ChuckNorris89 5y agoWhere is 'here'?
- yawaworht1978 5y agoI agree, the smaller cities are very well kept. The wealthy people in most chose some small city nearby, cept maybe London where it's prestigious to live in the west end. Good point about the US suburbs they appear a bit lifeless and without a car, life and access to entertainment is difficult
- mmarq 5y agoOutside of zone 1 and 2, London stops being a European city and becomes square miles of single family houses, just like US suburbia but with a horrid weather.