Let's Build a Traditional City and Make a Profit

Re:Let's Build a Traditional City and Make a Profit by meddlepal on Thursday July 31, 2014 @02:09AM (#8112698)

I don't know... I grew up in a city and I live in a city now. Suburbia too me, is basically like Florida... You go there to grow old and die.

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Re:Let's Build a Traditional City and Make a Profit by genwin on Thursday July 31, 2014 @03:59AM (#8112936)

Or you go there to better protect your kids and get them better schools.

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Re:Let's Build a Traditional City and Make a Profit by newaccountfool on Thursday July 31, 2014 @08:57AM (#8113770)

Or you go there for a bit of a quieter life and don't mind the commute, or to get a garden. Or to be able to go for country walks without having to hop on the greyhound. I see no appeal in city living.

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Re:Let's Build a Traditional City and Make a Profit by zephjc on Thursday July 31, 2014 @12:11PM (#8114940)

Are you from the UK? I live in the Suburbs of northern Kentucky, actually right on the cusp of rural and suburban, but there are still a lot of roads but with no or almost no sidewalks and more than enough traffic to be dangerous. Because of how the streets are laid out with culs-de-sac, it takes 30-40 minutes to walk to the nearest grocery story. There are no real places for 'country walks' since everything is private property.

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Re:Let's Build a Traditional City and Make a Profit by newaccountfool on Monday August 04, 2014 @07:54PM (#8134757)

In Scotland we have the a law that allows us to walk freely through farmland and land so long as we respect rules.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_to_roam#Scotland

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