I was pleasantly surprised by the focus on esthetics in the article. So many places in the US look so artificial or industrial. One thing that was missing thou

I was pleasantly surprised by the focus on esthetics in the article. So many places in the US look so artificial or industrial. One thing that was missing though was creating density and the need for mixed use mid rise buildings with shops and restaurants in the ground floor and apartments above it. This is ubiquitous in virtually all cities we regard as great places to be, but in the US it is often illegal to build like this nowadays due to zoning regulations. So you often get shopping malls with huge parking lots that are completely abandoned after 7pm and residential areas that consist purely of houses and are devoid of any interesting shops.