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Re:Mountain View approves 10,000 homes by Google's North Bay... by xapata on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @02:20AM (#16427554)
What I find worst about modern city life is not having a relationship with my neighbors. I'd much prefer a neighborhood where everything I want is within a 5-minute walk.
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Re:Mountain View approves 10,000 homes by Google's North Bay... by ido on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @03:31AM (#16427888)
Being in a modern city doesn't prevent you from having relationships with your neighbours. We live in a dense mixed-used neighbourhood in Berlin, in a 4 stories apartment building and have good contact with most of our neighbours.
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Re:Mountain View approves 10,000 homes by Google's North Bay... by xapata on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @12:41PM (#16431273)
The key is mixed-use. If you're in a large block of apartment buildings, people go elsewhere for everyday things, only coming back to the neighborhood when they want to be alone.
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Re:Mountain View approves 10,000 homes by Google's North Bay... by kbart on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @03:48AM (#16427952)
"What I find worst about modern city life is not having a relationship with my neighbors"

To each its own I guess. I used to live in a small town where everybody knew everybody and absolutely hated it. Now I live in a city where I don't know even my closest neighbors, there's no pressure to interact with them and I love it this way. Though it's a personal choice, I see some neighbors socializing in a yard all the time, looking after each others' kids etc.

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