>>1769928The best neighborhood I ever lived in had kind of a similar setup.
A regular grid system, one-way streets where every other street alternates direction (both in the N-S and E-W directions), and every fifth street was slightly larger & bidirectional.
The one-way streets were one lane, parking on one side, and the larger streets were two lanes total, parking on both sides. There were also alleyways, but they were irregular (either N-S or E-W, but never both). Every lot had access though, for trash pickup, and usually a small garage.
Then a property management company bought a few houses on the southern edge. Transformed them into the college kid type. You know it: what was previously a 4 bedroom house w/ full basement and attic becomes and 8 bedroom house. That sort of thing.
I'm sure it made dollars-sense for the rental companies. Why rent to a family for $1800/month, when you can chop it up and get $3200/month?
But it means 8 cars need to park there, so tear down the little garage, leave the concrete pad & extend it with gravel. Sometimes that's still not enough, say, with a narrow lot. "Hey bro, can you move your car, I need to get out?" Along with people circling the block looking for spots, there was constant car noise.
As that kind of redevelopment spread, one by one my neighbors started to leave. And 11 years in, I moved. The quiet neighborhood no longer existed.
...You were expecting a happy ending?
