Re:The Worst-Run Big City in the U.S. – San Francisco (2009)
by ImprovedSilence on Friday January 25, 2013 @09:48AM
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Yeah, I was curious about which areas he was referring to as well. Arlington and Alexandria are very well set up. My guess is he is talking about the sprawling surburbian hell-hole known as Fairfax and beyond.
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Re:The Worst-Run Big City in the U.S. – San Francisco (2009)
by rayiner on Friday January 25, 2013 @10:44AM
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Its not just the suburban aspect though. I was shocked to find that the suburbs in Chicago were a lot less "suburby" than Fairfax. Good commuter transit, walkable downtowns in many places. Grid streets all over.
My wife grew up in a town of 2000 people in Iowa. She hates Fairfax County for being so isolated. Her town was small and rural, but it had a walkable downtown with a little street grid. The town planners long ago made it that way in case it ever became a bustling megalopolis.