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So much of North American cities are buried under pavement. Neighborhood road widths are designed to accommodate big fire engines. The result is sprawl and unw
by BXLE_1-1-BitIs1 4y ago
So much of North American cities are buried under pavement. Neighborhood road widths are designed to accommodate big fire engines.
The result is sprawl and unwalkable neighborhoods. Every household needs two cars.
The developers and their politician friends talk up high rise, but you can get a bunch more density with narrow streets and separations and housing that people want to live in
- maxerickson 4y agoMy town was laid out from like 1880 to 1920 and all the streets are wide, with large front yards in front of most houses. They weren't laid out that way to accommodate large modern fire engines.