Re:Tokyo: A big city that is also pleasant to live in
by PaulDavisThe1st on Saturday January 01, 2022 @01:05PM
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Pacific Heights is indeed one of the most desirable neighboors, and is very much non-surburban in its nature.
but ...
The current situation in uber-expensive real-estate markets when it comes to high-end housing should not be over-interpreted as having more to say about what most Americans want from the places where they live.
Pacific Heights current situation is also very similar to wealthy old neighborhoods in cities across Europe. London at the very least is full of such examples.
Re:Tokyo: A big city that is also pleasant to live in
by PaulDavisThe1st on Saturday January 01, 2022 @01:27PM
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> I don’t understand what you are refuting.
>> We would have built better cities if we wanted carless communities. But we didn’t and still don’t.
But I live in Pacific Heights, one of the most desirable old world communities in America, and it’s mostly empty and full of ghost capital homes.
People like it for a while but they leave for the suburbs pretty fast and go looking for elbow room away from others. And it’s mostly because the energy under the surface of the beautiful homes is rude, selfish and inconsiderate. From the owners to the workers that come to service the homes. Regardless of class we are really angry people.