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If you watch the video, they mention that they left ~90% of it to nature, iirc, though I’m not sure if they include the farms in that. Does that clear it up?
by ericd 5y ago
If you watch the video, they mention that they left ~90% of it to nature, iirc, though I’m not sure if they include the farms in that. Does that clear it up?
- smileysteve 5y agoNo, because for each 1/2 acre plot in an American suburb there is roughly 1/4 acre in borders. So if you average 4 person households, you need 60 houses to meet that 230 population on 30 acres that's ~82%+10% from the borders. To clarify, I'm not saying American suburbs are eco, or working communally like this; I'm only saying the numbers in the title (and 90% nature) don't seem to make this eco in a standout way moreso than a green space (or large community garden) next to a neighborhood.
- dkersten 5y agoThe houses are close together "village-style". There's a part early on in the video where the lady compares the previous owners plans for building traditional suburbs to their own setup and how it differs. Each "neighborhood" is a tightly packed cluster of houses with pedestrian-only paths and 90% of the total land is not built on. Each neighborhood was said to be 5 acres, so x3 = 15 acres residential while 10% is 17.5 (so maybe the farm structures? Or maybe they're in the 90%, I'm unsure) The point is, the homes don't each have their own 1/2 acre plot with 1/4 acre border. The homes are all within 15 acres. The rest is farms or left unbuilt.