Re:Why Suburbia Sucks
by unethical_ban on Sunday May 08, 2016 @04:53PM
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I believe it is the fault of bureaucrats over-zoning. I would love to have a pub and a market next to every neighborhood. I love the idea of the Post Office providing basic financial services such as checking and money transfers. Let's make it as easy as possible to have peaceful neighborhoods AND retail/business in the same area. Dangerous or loud industrial businesses still need away from residence, but other than that... loosen up!
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Re:Why Suburbia Sucks
by Apocryphon on Sunday May 08, 2016 @05:46PM
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Amazing, isn't it? In a country where we are told is all about choice and having it our way, we're put in so many situations where we have diametrically opposite and equally unappealing choices, the tyranny of OR, instead of room for compromise.
Indeed, it's quite odd that the suburban sprawl model is held up as a triumph of choice and freedom, as if the market has spoken in favour of the one true way to build an entire country.