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I'm not a big fan of modern, winding, cul-de-sac housing developments, but one upside to their layout that I rarely see addressed is that due to the fact that t

I'm not a big fan of modern, winding, cul-de-sac housing developments, but one upside to their layout that I rarely see addressed is that due to the fact that the layout starts with such a strict distinction between the major connecting roads and the winding residential roads means that you will never find yourself 15 years down the road facing eminent domain from the city taking 20 feet from the front of your property because they decided the once quite road on the grid you are on now needs to expand into a major roadway.

burlesona 4y ago
The fact that suburban design is “cased in glass” though makes such neighborhoods very vulnerable to cyclical decline as the styles of a particular decade go out of fashion and nothing is allowed the change. This phenomenon is called “rolling blight” and is widespread across North America. https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2022/9/20/the-suburbs-are-a-one-life-cycle-product https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2022/9/20/the-suburbs-ar...