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> People supporting "new urbanism" [...] should come look around downtown Seattle and see how it's working out. People can go look around the downtown of any g
by SECProto 5y ago
> People supporting "new urbanism" [...] should come look around downtown Seattle and see how it's working out.
People can go look around the downtown of any given city to see a "grim wasteland", but it has little to do with new urbanism and much to do with covid causing major shift to work from home + avoiding a lot of in-person events.
- nostromo 5y agoI agree, Covid has been a catalyst for the change. But 1) the start of the shift pre-dates Covid and 2) suburbs are booming with in-person activity, so it's not just Covid.