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Aw man, I thought this thread was going to be about retrofitting the suburbs, which is actually a pretty interesting topic.
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donoteat posted:I was also hoping for this -- D&D has plenty of places to get angry, but none to be ANGRY ABOUT CITIES. It usually devolves into pointless debates using anecdotal evidence about whether city living or suburban living is better. Personally I think it's a fascinating topic. I tend to think that the type of environments we inhabit and the places we create have significant sociological impacts on us. There are reasons why urban areas tend to be liberal and suburban areas tend to be more conservative and I do think the physical make up of the built environment makes up a non-trivial amount of those reasons.
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Furnaceface posted:I have a question for you: will we (North America) ever come around on the Missing Middle argument? Or is it too late and suburban sprawl is here to stay?  This shot is from Back to the Future which was filmed in 1985. 30 years later, aside from some minor cosmetic changes and some trees, literally nothing about the built environment in that shot has changed. So yes, suburban sprawl is here to stay. The problem is, it doesn't go away, it doesn't pay for itself, and it will be enormously expensive to maintain. So, how does it get fixed? That's a big thorny question.
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Check out Jim Kunstler for a pretty entertaining TED talk where he lays out how he feels about the type of non-spaces we've been making in the suburbs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1ZeXnmDZMQ sitchensis fucked around with this message at 06:35 on Dec 2, 2016 |
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Odobenidae posted:Here's an old thread about Cities and Suburbs. Most of the images are lost to time but the rest still stands on its own. drat, I remember making that post a long time ago. Since then I actually got a masters in the subject and now I work in the field. Who'da thought.
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