I stopped to watch kids playing at recess – security was called

Re:I stopped to watch kids playing at recess – security was ... by fwip on Thursday May 12, 2022 @11:58PM (#31363158)

There's a big, but disappearing, middle ground between "urban city center" and "suburban housing development."

Single-use zoning laws are a big part of why we have this model where everyone living in a house needs to drive just to get to the corner store, and everyone who can walk anywhere is living in a small apartment in an expensive city.

I grew up in two different suburban small towns, where we were each just a couple blocks from the corner store, the laundromat, and the local library. I could walk to my friends' houses to hang out, ride my bike around, and pick up a pizza for $5 to share with my friends.

It wasn't glamorous or fashionable like city life, and it wasn't as sterile as a housing development, but it was a good place to grow up.

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Re:I stopped to watch kids playing at recess – security was ... by escapedmoose on Friday May 13, 2022 @11:04PM (#31374752)

That multi-use zoning “middle-ground” town describes what I live in now and it’s lovely. I wish there was more like it so that everyone could live like this.

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