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Originally Posted by Crawford
No. I don't buy that building functionally suburban-style housing in a dense manner or in-town location creates functional change.
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the functional change can happen if houston addresses its neighborhood commercial corridors to be less auto-centric.
but the population density will have to come first, so it's a transitional phase.
and even if these houston neighborhoods never get to the same level of urbanism as a pre-war chicago neighborhood, they can still be an improvement over than the exurbs if things keep progressing, because they're at least starting out with a comprehensive and interconnected street grid in most places.
shades of gray....
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Originally Posted by Segun
I feel as if most of the discussion of urban design should revolve more around the access to walkable retail. I’ve been to numerous neighborhoods with vibrant commercial strips with single family homes, with or without driveways.
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100% true.
that's the real nut that needs to be cracked.