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As a Central European, I guess I will never understand. We have "suburbs" and they have shops and parks, both poor and rich.
by johnisgood 1y ago
As a Central European, I guess I will never understand. We have "suburbs" and they have shops and parks, both poor and rich.
- jjmarr 1y agoAmerica has zoning laws that ban anything other than single-family homes in a given area. Go play SimCity again. The concept of mixed-use doesn't exist because it's built by an American.
- johnisgood 1y agoFWIW, which version of the game do you recommend?
- rpdillon 1y agoNot OP, but I think SimCity 2000 has a certain charm to it, but if I had to pick my favorite from the series, I'd say SimCity 4 is the way to go. It's available on GOG.
- stouset 1y agoAmerican suburbs feature poorly interconnected residential-only areas that sprawl endlessly. You can easily be a ten minute walk from a friend (through yards and across fences, not over a walking path) but a ten or fifteen minute drive away due to the Byzantine road layout. Commercial zones that have groceries, restaurants, shops, and entertainment are almost always several kilometers away. You could technically bike there, but there are rarely bike lanes. And due to serving the needs of a large, low-density area, you’d have to bike on multi-lane high-speed thoroughfares which is far less safe than being able to use small local streets. Where there are sidewalks, they often end abruptly and don’t actually connect to anywhere or anything. It is truly hell.
- johnisgood 1y agoThis explains why cars are a necessity. :/
- prmoustache 1y agoWhat is a necessity is to change that situation.
- johnisgood 1y agoIdeally yes.
- theandrewbailey 1y ago> Where there are sidewalks, they often end abruptly and don’t actually connect to anywhere or anything. My (American) definition of suburbia primarily involves a lack of sidewalks.