I have zero idea what you are talking about. The person I replied to was implying that walkability only happens organically but planning leads to sprawl, which is ridiculous since there are so many counter examples all over the world of apartments and shopping developed together.

Your comment seems to be about aesthetics, but it makes no sense. Do you think shop owners usually build the buildings they inhabit? No one mentioned a uniform look and it has nothing to do with anything. It is completely orthogonal.