We’d rather have the iceberg than the ship

Re:We’d rather have the iceberg than the ship by pja on Friday July 23, 2021 @02:09PM (#27933839)

If we’re talking about a medium density mixed residential / commercial suburbs with walkable streets & a varied housing mix, including local schools and shops then those are usually pretty popular places to live.

The YT channel Not Just Bikes talks about Riverdale in Toronto, Canada here as an example: https://youtu.be/MWsGBRdK2N0?t=521 It has some of the highest house prices in Toronto & that reflects people’s desire to live there.

Zoning into sidely dispersed commercial / residential areas where the only way to get from one to the other is by car is a curse on society.

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Re:We’d rather have the iceberg than the ship by throw0101a on Friday July 23, 2021 @05:42PM (#27935950)

> Riverdale in Toronto, Canada

Other "streetcar suburbs" are listed in:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcar_suburb

There are multiple in Toronto, all of which were not expensive post-WW2 since downtown was mostly considered 'for immigrants' and all the WASPs moved to the car-centric suburbs. Urban living became cool again in the post-1990s, and now Old Toronto is quite pricey.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Toronto

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