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They Laughed at Car-Free Housing. Now They’re Trying to Copy It. (courtyardurbanist.com)
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[-] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I hope it remains a long term success to point to. It’s a fight that North American urbanists will be fighting for decades to come. If one or two retailers become unavailable (ie groceries) it can all fall apart. A bunch of restaurants and quirky gift shops do not make a community.

[-] scibra122@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

Well, yes but that is also true for a number of car-dependent food deserts in the US. Culdesac has transit access to other neighborhoods, so losing internal grocery distribution would be akin to one of those communities losing their only grocery store and having to travel 30+ minutes by car to the next one. For example, culdesac is a 16 minute streetcar ride from a trader joe's near ASU/downtown Tempe. There are towns of comparable population to culdesac that also have 1-2 grocery stores and would require driving longer than that to reach the next one if that retailer went out of business

[-] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

It’s specifically a problem because the mentality is that it’s fine to drive 30 min for food, but not fine to ride a tram for 30 min. It’s an incorrect mentality, but there it is.

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