Oh boy, I fully expect to get flamed for this one.
For me, the issue is more to do with the way zoning laws work. Now, should we have a steel mill right next to a town square? No, of course not. Nobody is arguing that. I'm just tired of feeling trapped in a house unless I'm willing to burn half a tank of gas because boomers have decided that having sidewalks on both sides of the streets is antiquated and that people should yield to cars instead of the other way around. I'm sure some people are going to debate me on this and I look forward to their reply after they're done being stuck in a car driving from work for 20 minutes. And yes, I've had to driven for 15 minutes to and from work because modern zoning and shitty policies make it impossible to find walkable work.
I grew up in a place that was basically a bunch of factory neighbourhoods thrown together. Most of the men on my street worked for the wheel plant two or three blocks away; there were little mom and pop variety stores pretty much everywhere (and a larger neighbourhood market with a butcher counter), and schools, and a commercial street nearby with shops (and one of the last cobblers, I guess.) Everyone walked to school, and parks as well.
Oh boy, I fully expect to get flamed for this one.
For me, the issue is more to do with the way zoning laws work. Now, should we have a steel mill right next to a town square? No, of course not. Nobody is arguing that. I'm just tired of feeling trapped in a house unless I'm willing to burn half a tank of gas because boomers have decided that having sidewalks on both sides of the streets is antiquated and that people should yield to cars instead of the other way around. I'm sure some people are going to debate me on this and I look forward to their reply after they're done being stuck in a car driving from work for 20 minutes. And yes, I've had to driven for 15 minutes to and from work because modern zoning and shitty policies make it impossible to find walkable work.
I grew up in a place that was basically a bunch of factory neighbourhoods thrown together. Most of the men on my street worked for the wheel plant two or three blocks away; there were little mom and pop variety stores pretty much everywhere (and a larger neighbourhood market with a butcher counter), and schools, and a commercial street nearby with shops (and one of the last cobblers, I guess.) Everyone walked to school, and parks as well.
I miss that.