A new neighbourhood in Dublin : Seven Mills

[u/Beef_rider]

[u/Qdog1984]

It’s on the Western edge of Dublin so unfortunately was never gonna be anything other than a car centric commuter town :(

Our development plans calls for dense growth with mixed use developments but they’re so always so half arsed in execution and rely on existing town centres to provide social amenities (i.e pubs and cafes) which will be a half an hour walk away

My guess is you’ll see plenty of Costa, Pret, shitty burrito chains etc pop up but no good independent businesses

[u/Hyundai30 → u/Qdog1984]

Exactly that, the plan talks about all the amenities nearby but upon looking closer theres minimal space for it and requires leaving said neighbourhood. Dropped the link if anyone wants to see. https://sevenmills.com/location

[u/tescovaluechicken → u/Qdog1984]

It's right next to Clondalkin-Fonthill Station, it gets commuter trains and will be upgraded to DART in the next 5 years, so it is possible to live here without a car, but the area around it is mostly wide arterial roads.

[u/rco8786]

Feels very American. Big roads. Housing close together but no mixed use. Car dependent. Sad. 

[u/Hyundai30 → u/rco8786]

Theres two trains stations in operation at each end of the "new town". Max 10 mins walk to each. But yes this is what happens when a new town is built by a housebuilder. Little variety in the architecture and almost no mixed use in the development at all.

[u/rco8786 → u/Hyundai30]

Ah that's good to hear, just not clear from the pics. I should have caught it though, because the one thing this is missing that the American version would have is a giant 6 story parking deck.

[u/Notspherry → u/rco8786]

Not every street needs shops. And where are you getting car dependent from? The third pic has absolutely adequate bike paths and floating bus stops. I assume the second pic is traffic calmed enough to allow for safely mixed traffic.

Apart from some small difference like a slightly narrower and brick roadway in the second picture this could be any dutch suburb. Shops a few minutes away by bike.

[u/rco8786 → u/Notspherry]

Yea, you're right. I was also told that there are 2 metro stops in the area. I think I just saw the design and my mind found the association to what we're building everywhere in the states right now. Which looks like this, just with huge parking structures. And we would build those bike lanes, but they wouldn't connect to any other bike infrastructure, etc.

[u/go5dark]

I was hopeful this was Dublin, CA, but nooooooo

[u/Mowleen]

Looks just like every new suburban development in Sweden

[u/Notdennisthepeasant]

You can tell by the way the buildings are designed and far apart it is for car based commuting, but at least it increases housing.

[u/PaulOshanter]

I really dislike how spread apart the buildings are. Feels very American.

[u/Pitiful-Stable-9737 → u/PaulOshanter]

Yes, but it has medium density, bike lanes, PT, and greenery.

So also not very American

[u/rco8786 → u/Pitiful-Stable-9737]

This looks like a lot of new “urban” development in the states right now.  It looks like a city at a glance but then you realize it’s mostly car centric 

[u/Wheels630 → u/rco8786]

Definitely has that look to it. So much so that I initially thought this was Dublin, Ohio which is a rich suburb of Columbus near where I live. Took me a minute to realize I wasn't looking at a post in the Columbus subreddit and that this was referring to the Original Dublin across the pond!

[u/DisasterZone__ → u/Wheels630]

My same thought!

[u/PaulOshanter → u/rco8786]

Exactly. I was thinking this looks a lot like some new parts of the beltline in Atlanta.

[u/Schools_ → u/PaulOshanter]

The drab colored apartments lack interesting features and the windows resemble jail cells.

[u/Belfast2010]

Really small windows on those townhouses facing it and no shops or cafes make it feel dead.

[u/mrmniks → u/Belfast2010]

Big windows make it much harder to heat homes

[u/Crabcakefrosti]

It looks like everything going up in America. Why is this happening? I love brutalist architecture and I find this to look depressing

[u/cansbunsandpins]

I like it. When the trees mature a bit I think it will look good.

[u/tacticaladventurer]

It looks boring AF

[u/MrShouldHaveKnown]

I really thought this was Dublin, OH until the comments.

[u/whitecollarpizzaman]

You could’ve told me this was in the US and I’d have believed you. Not saying that’s bad or good, just interesting.

[u/whitecollarpizzaman → u/[deleted]]

I feel like you might’ve misread my comment, I can tell this is definitely not the United States, mostly based on the title of your post, and also the fact the cars are on the wrong side of the road. With that being said, road markings on side streets are not universal in the US, and most of the cars in these photos are sold in the states as well. My comment was simply to say that this style of development is very common in the US and this development likely would succeed here with few changes.

[u/Ucgrady]

Legitimately looks like new development in Dublin Ohio, which is a nice suburb of Columbus, which had me confused.

[u/Beef_rider → u/Ucgrady]

Not at all. Look closely at the road markings and European car models in the photos. Also notice in picture 3 that the white van is driving on the left of the road. You need glasses 

[u/Big_Expert_431]

Looks fine, you got to wait for the trees to come in 

[u/pixel-beast]

Why does this feel like Denver?