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Originally Posted by Acajack
I'd also add that millions of people (including many sophisticated ones, BTW) don't really care if Phoenix has a substandard degree of urbanity and that they have to drive everywhere through allegedly ugly suburbia.
Or at least, it's not a deal-breaker for them.
It's also hard to believe for SSPers but there are tons of non-rubish people for whom suburbia (even commercial strips) is more appealling than dense inner cities. It's not just the practical aspect of being to park easily in front of your destination, they just think it looks nicer than a dense inner city. They like the space and such.
Not all suburban strips are as extremely horrid as what people post in the Ugly Canada thread. It may be bad urbanism, but lots of people actually like this:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@46.76568...7i13312!8i6656 |
Yep, and to me that's one of the biggest questions in planning today. Suburban growth will continue to occur in a lot of places. The important thing is making it more sustainable, while retaining the things that suburbanites like about it.