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As a sibling said: "Strip malls are generally one story buildings with tons of parking." Car culture and low density zoning sucks. We should be mixed zoning th
by jwagenet 4y ago
As a sibling said: "Strip malls are generally one story buildings with tons of parking."
Car culture and low density zoning sucks. We should be mixed zoning these units with multiple stories of residential on top of the commercial space and pushing the storefront up to the road. If absolutely necessary to accommodate motor vehicles, put a multistory garage behind the storefronts (downtown San Mateo is an example of this), but otherwise infrastructure for walking, biking, and and accessible transit should be emphasized. Finally, strip mall architecture is typically of an ugly cookie-cutter design.
- sam345 4y agoNot everybody lacks a car and kids. For those that do more power to them -they can live, work,play in elite adult playgrounds. But if you have kids you probably want a yard and a car and that probably will involve the suburbs, parking lots and strip centers.
- ReaLNero 4y agoI strongly urge you to visit Europe and see how mixed-use housing can be implemented to promote a car-free culture by largely eliminating parking lots, while keeping the greenery and shopping malls.
- thehappypm 4y agoI have family in Europe and I think many Americans have a bit of a skewed view. Take a trip to Paris or Copenhagen and you see this car-free, bike oriented, public transit culture. But that’s kinda like visiting New York and DC and Boston and making the same conclusion about the US. Plenty of Europe is suburban with houses and a car culture. I think cars are actually quite common outside the city center, even if you live in an apartment like my grandparents (Poland and France), they still have a family car they drive to the store and mall and such. Definitely a more walkable focus in general, but this vision of Europe as this car-free utopia doesn’t seem accurate to my experience.