Re:In Cramped and Costly Bay Area, Cries to Build, Baby, Build
by shiftpgdn on Sunday April 17, 2016 @02:39AM
(#11513740)
You are misinformed. The city of Houston has very harsh setback and parking requirements that encourage an unending suburban style sprawl. Off the cuff it's 7 parking spots per 1000 sq ft of business and buildings in the non central business district area (about a 30x30 square block space) must be 10-20ft from the city easement.
Re:In Cramped and Costly Bay Area, Cries to Build, Baby, Build
by saryant on Sunday April 17, 2016 @01:26AM
(#11513601)
Houston's a fascinating city. I lived there for a few years between leaving the Bay Area and winding up in Colorado. It's a vibrant and energetic place with a never-ending influx of new immigrant cultures from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Very, very few American cities have embraced pluralism to quite the same extent (and no, I don't include SF on that list).
It's called Houston. You should go there and experience it. My personal favorite was the convenience store-cum-liquor mart being run out of a residential front porch.
I'm not judging. I am merely pointing out that what you describe has been done in the United States and that you should go there and check it out.