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>> If only we were hellbent on building communities where you don't need to get in a car every time you leave your house. > Not everyone lives in dense cities,
by cbsmith 4y ago
>> If only we were hellbent on building communities where you don't need to get in a car every time you leave your house.
> Not everyone lives in dense cities, nor does everyone want to.
I may have missed the part there were the original post said otherwise.
We could check the history books on this, but I'm pretty sure before cars everyone did not live in "dense cities". ;-)
- Gibbon1 4y agoOne thing I noticed looking for a house is front side lot lines got a lot longer between 1900 and 1950. 1900 front lot lines are around 25 feet. 1950 you see 50-75 foot lot lines. Streets got wider too and setbacks were added. 1900 street is 35 feet no setbacks. 1950 with setback it's 100 feet. Ignoring density that means people would have to walk 2-3 times farther to get to businesses. Except car centric zoning increased the distance between houses and businesses 3-10 times farther.
- cbsmith 4y agoVery true. (Though innovations like bicycles mean you can still get to places pretty fast.) But per the OP's comment, if you're not in a densely populated city, your distances to other businesses and people is not primarily driven by how long it takes you to get to the end of your lot or how wide the streets are.