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Originally Posted by hudkina
The area already has a decent relatively urban residential base with the townhouses and residential towers. There's also the student base at Lawrence Tech and the employee base in the multiple office towers. Civic Center Dr. could become a sort of walkable 'main street" as the traffic isn't too heavy on that road. Obviously it is an ambitious plan, but I think it would be nice if it pans out. They really should focus on adding a bunch of residential mid-rises. Maybe young professionals working in the nearby office towers may decide to ditch the commute and move in.
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I lived in Southfield and I can't recall anything there that would qualify as "urban." It's quintessential postwar suburban. It's all malls, strip malls and subdivisions. The Civic Center was the original suburban office park.