>>1627603There are pros and cons to the suburbs vs a walkable city (you know what the rest of the world has)
In the suburbs, you get a yard and a whole building to yourself.
In a walkable city, you go out more and support local business instead of being stuck inside all day and making a weekly trip to Walmart to stock up your pantry. Of course with a car, you could go out all the time in theory. And deal with traffic and drive time. And the extra expenses. (if you had a local bar fewer people would drive drunk. It would save lives. Also in walkable cities people socialize more.)
Also in the suburbs, your child's social life suffers. Why do you think the USA has so many autists? they are stuck inside playing video games all day.
Having suburb zoning only drives up the cost of living. That's why California is so expensive. You know a city in the USA with affordable housing? Houston Texas. They have no zoning laws. So things can get wacky but overall it is a better system.
I am saying more places should adopt a free-market approach. Why do you got to decide how people live and drive up the price of housing and down the quality of their life? Now Houston might be a little extreme for most people. But I would say a European approach to zoning so basically mixed-use building both residential and commercial and allowing 4 story walk-ups instead of just single-family housing.
The burbs could still exist. Just let it compete in the free market.
