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Murtaza Hussain
@mazmhussain
America needs better urbanism: walkable cities, high-speed rail connection, density, and ornamental architectural styles for both public buildings and residences. So much of the endemic problems of American society stem from the loneliness, lack of community, environmental harm and economic stress of maintaining a sprawling car-centric physical environment. America with more density and walkable streets could be a utopia in my opinion: Think about how much people love living in college towns where the basics of life are all walkable. Imagine if much of the county could be that human-sized? At the very least highway should not be built right down the middle of cities so that the cities we have today can redevelop in a manner that lets them thrive and makes them a safe and enjoyable place to live, including with children and families.
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Garrett
@garrett
Couldn’t have said it better
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Mark Fishman
@markfishman
Come hang in /urbanism!
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MJC
@mjc716
an initiative to effect this kind of vision would take decades, would require legislative changes to break the power of special interest groups across the political spectrum, and would only “work” if paired with a complete re-imagining of the American social contract I agree tho
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phil
@phil
highly recommend: https://www.amazon.com/Timeless-Way-Building-Christopher-Alexander/dp/0195024028/
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Vinay Vasanji
@vinayvasanji.eth
This is my litmus test for how well urban planners cater to the needs of residents https://warpcast.com/vinayvasanji.eth/0xfeb6ea39
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jesse.base.eth 🔵
@jessepollak
100%
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stellabelle🎩
@stellabelle
communities need to be built in a circle like the intentional community i live in, food forests need to be planted too. The root cause is this: the people who are constructing neighborhoods have no business creating societies instead they fit us humans in like sardines, trying to squeeze every dime in their land, for maximum profit. These are not communities, they are profit boxes designed with built-in isolation. Ive been studying communities for awhile and lived all over…. the isolation is worse here than anywhere else
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AJ
@awedjob.eth
Tackled city by city it can happen in time. Over 50 years maybe. Minneapolis has been working towards the goal of being more walkable.
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