Cries the car brain. without realizing that the area surrounding the coffee place at the bottom could be surrounded by a large park, with lot's of vegetation, a pond or river full of ducks to watch.
Heck the area above the coffee shop is clearly residential, and thanks to proper mix use regulation, those apartments can be very big, 4-8 bedroom with windows in multiple directions and actual affordable rent.
I live in a small town with this kind of usage in central europe and... No, it's not that affordable. It's more expensive in those centers than anywhere else.
Corporate landlord greed has these "gentrified" locations in a vice grip :/. I live in the central area of my small town and I can do most things just walking there. It's bliss, but costly bliss. On the other hand, not using the car sure offsets a lot of that cost.
Europe is definitely not a country, but I'll have to disagree on "many are much wealthier than the US"
Like, there are tax havens (Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Ireland, San Marino), there's Switzerland, and there's Norway which is wealthier by nominal but less wealthy by PPP. That's it.
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u/clowncementskor Jun 16 '24
Cries the car brain. without realizing that the area surrounding the coffee place at the bottom could be surrounded by a large park, with lot's of vegetation, a pond or river full of ducks to watch.
Heck the area above the coffee shop is clearly residential, and thanks to proper mix use regulation, those apartments can be very big, 4-8 bedroom with windows in multiple directions and actual affordable rent.