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Afaict, the primary driver of non-walkable suburbs is neighborhood layout, which is driven by maximizing house:land ratio. I live in a suburban master planned
by ethbr0 5y ago
Afaict, the primary driver of non-walkable suburbs is neighborhood layout, which is driven by maximizing house:land ratio.
I live in a suburban master planned development now that oriented itself around the residential-commercial interface.
Having previously lived in an urban core, it's not too much of a downgrade. Sure, you inevitably trade local for chain (boo!), because that's who the anchor tenants originally were. But over the decades the smaller spaces have filled out with organic stuff.
- sanderjd 5y agoYeah this is the kind of layout I prefer.
- jen20 5y agoThis honestly doesn’t sound too bad compared to the soul-crushing suburbs by me. But, the problem I usually find with all suburbs is that you have to get in a car to get to even one bar (let alone having a choice). Is that the case there too?