>>1994322Not sustainable means it sounds good but is short-sighted. Urban walkable neighborhoods (white) aren't cherry picked examples.
It's an environment to grow, connect with a community, raise kids safely, and help or even start small businesses that get traffic from passerbys on foot or bike rather than people driving straight to their goyfeed "restaurant" or Walmart. The reason you have that that image in your head of them being "chic" is that it's an environment where someone can open a small successful clothing shop or a craft brewery in the first place. When your street looks like pic related, these are your only choices of destinations