Who Americans spend their time with, by age

Re:Who Americans spend their time with, by age by sli on Friday December 11, 2020 @12:13PM (#25388059)

We can't mix together residential and commercial properties in the US (anymore) due to zoning laws, so walkable cities are effectively on life support and are only going to get more and more rare as time goes on. Each time a mixed-use building is demolished, another piece of a walkable city dies that likely won't ever come back. Suburbs and unaffordable metropolises are poised to kill off the ability to live without a car.

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Re:Who Americans spend their time with, by age by vonmoltke on Friday December 11, 2020 @01:47PM (#25389159)

> We can't mix together residential and commercial properties in the US (anymore) due to zoning laws

You make this statement like there are national zoning laws. Doing exactly this is common in northeastern New Jersey, and the result is pretty dense and walkable suburban areas. That said, much of this is due to momentum; many of the suburbs were platted before car ownership was widespread and the later ones continued similar, familiar patterns.

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Re:Who Americans spend their time with, by age by burner831234 on Friday December 11, 2020 @03:21PM (#25390454)

Actually the rise of suburbs was subsidized by the federal government.

Separately a lot of state and local legislation that is contentious can be copy pasted and sent along by lobbying groups.

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