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@clmarohn I wrote up a 12-step program from #AutoDomination to #CarOptional. Should blog that. Those who say “get rid of cars” like it’s 1 step don’t have a clue in most of America. It’s hard work & takes time.
@danbertolet @johnthebad The real question is “how many homes need to be added to this neighborhood to make walkable neighborhood businesses viable?” That’s what makes the end of #AutoDomination possible & is a necessary early step in the recovery from sprawl.
@LaVilleNouvelle @JSadikKhan @PierMaran @MarcoGranelliMI @BloombergAssoc @GlobalStreets @NACTO @CorradoBina @ComuneMI @skyejduncan In places with great urbanism already like historic European cities, getting rid of cars can work in one step. In most of the US burdened with the #AutoDomination of #sprawl banning cars in one move is economic suicide. There, it’s at least a 12-step process, probably more.
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Bars in #sprawl guarantee drunk driving. How many people drinking REALLY have a designated driver? If you drink, it's far better to do so in a place where you can stumble home from the neighborhood pub.
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#MinimumParkingRequirements in #sprawl are nearly empty almost all the time because there are over 4.5 spaces for every car in the US. Far better to have parking on the street where you can walk to many uses. #ParkOnceShopMany.
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The @SeasideFL_ post office is just a gang mail box with civic clothing. But could there possibly be a greater divide in the experience of getting your mail between Seaside & the wretched #sprawl gang mail box on the left?
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Entry roads into #sprawl developments have no real estate value, but they are a maintenance burden. #MainStreet, on the other hand, almost always has the highest value per linear foot in town.
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Houses in #sprawl make it clear that "lots of cars live here." But how do the humans feel? Like they're living in a parking lot? Houses for humans should have a proper human front, with cars tucked somewhere behind or beside.
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Ever notice how subdivisions in #sprawl have houses with many gables? The houses have to be so visually busy because the streets are so boring. Houses in traditional neighborhoods can be much simpler, saving $$$.
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Gated subdivisions, especially when they're marketed to similar demographic groups, are recipes for boredom because people are so much alike. In traditional neighborhoods you meet all sorts of interesting people walking to their daily needs.
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Ever notice how often sidewalks in #sprawl run out? Builders have to build sidewalks in front of their projects but they rarely form a complete network that lets you walk anywhere interesting, like sidewalks in traditional neighborhoods do.
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Moms in #sprawl say "of course I go through the drive-through. Have you ever unbuckled a kid in a car seat?" Fair enough. But what if you lived in a traditional neighborhood where you could walk to your errands & stay fit instead of driving?
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How often do you step into a bank these days? Banks talk about developing relationships, but banks in #sprawl probably leave many deciding to bank online instead. Maybe the #RetailApocalypse might owe something to unsatisfying environments too?
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A townhouse without a town is known in some circles as "loser housing." Why ever get cramped close to neighbors if the only compensation is a parking lot? But a townhouse in town where you can walk to everything can be fabulous!
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#Sprawl developers love to build pods of near-identical houses in subdivisions because it's efficient like stamping out widgets on an assembly line. But all the same = BOREDOM so it's much more interesting to live in a place with great variety.
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The convenience store in #sprawl sells some of the same products as a corner store embedded in a neighborhood, but the experience of getting to each is very different: fighting traffic versus walking from home.
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Is there any built environment more demeaning than the strip center in #sprawl? Fight traffic to get there on the highway, navigate the sea of parking, then shop in soulless buildings for cheap junk. Who wouldn't rather shop on #MainStreet?
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School boards need to realize that they are in direct competition with the asphalt lobby for $$$ spent in the city. Roadbuilders lobby for big schools (& churches, big boxes, etc.) on the highway so we'll need #BigAsphalt to get to them all.
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Think of all the civic art that could be commissioned on our streets & squares if we simply cut down on the extra asphalt that endangers the lives of thousands in #sprawl and spent that money on things that build community instead!
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@clmarohn & @JoeUrbanThree have long showed that maintenance of infrastructure will bankrupt cities all over once the #sprawl #PonziScheme collapses. Compound this by over-wide streets which not only waste $$$ but are unsafe for kids & seniors.
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