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It can be valuable to take a step back sometimes and evaluate whether or not you’re strategy is appropriate for the army you have or the army you want. Yes, ol
by halpert 5y ago
It can be valuable to take a step back sometimes and evaluate whether or not you’re strategy is appropriate for the army you have or the army you want. Yes, old world metropolitan areas are wonderful, but it’s not realistic to assume the US has the political will to build like that. A better strategy would be to figure out how to make suburbs work in a better, more efficient and convenient manner.
- t-writescode 5y agoI like the spirit implied here, but I think endless suburbs are fundamentally broken and I don't think they can be made "more efficient / convenient" in a meaningful way - and, when they do become "more efficient / convenient", they just become mixed commercial / residential, which I find to be the best format, personally.
- AuthorizedCust 5y ago“fundamentally broken”? How?
- t-writescode 5y agoCommuting. Suburbs are, generally, huge collections of roads that are ready for children to play on, so they're going to be relatively narrow roads, like 2-2.5 cars wide. You have that kind of roadwork for multiple square miles. All those people need to go to and from work, and so that's increased traffic. The larger the suburb, the further people need to go to get food, the longer they'll be on the road, the more cars will be on the road concurrently (most traffic in long commute times is going the whole length of the slow commute time because everyone lives further away)
- sofixa 5y agoCheck out Strong Towns or NotJustBikes's YouTube playlist on Strong Towns. They're unsustainable financially and have a myriad of serious problems.
- Ekaros 5y agoI think mixed use is a key. You need good balance of residential, commercial, office space, schools/libraries and even some light industry. That is cut down need of long travel times and distances for at least some of the residents.