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Originally Posted by hudkina
First of all, I don't think the plan will ultimately come to fruition. The argument here is whether it is possible for an auto-centric post-war suburban node to become a dense, walkable mixed-use urban node or even whether such a change has occurred in the U.S. at all. I'm arguing that it is possible, and has been done in places like Bellevue. The ultimate viability of this particular plan is shaky at best. You play like a broken record with your constant boosterism claims... Try something different.
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The question wasn't asked in a vacuum, it was asked in the context of this particular proposal--and the answer was quite stark. Bellevue is apparently the only notable example we can provide of an autocentric post-war suburb that built a traditionally urban district from scratch. It appears to be an outlier, and that's bad news for Southfield's proposal.