this may astonish you but something can be essential and still have the capacity to be done wrong
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Replying to @IdiotCubed @AmongTheRuins00
briefly, you can have a city without single uses, but you can't have one without mixed uses. Ergo...
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Replying to @380kmh @AmongTheRuins00
I'll accept that but your point has shifted quite a bit.
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Replying to @IdiotCubed @AmongTheRuins00
My point was that Japan, w its "maximum use" principle, normalizes mixed uses; America's "exclusive use" doesn't
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Replying to @380kmh @AmongTheRuins00
In my experience "maximum use" can be just as bad as "exclusive use".
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I think there's something more essential about the national character of Japanese vs. Americans that 》
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》produces a different urban quality than just how zoning is handled.
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Replying to @IdiotCubed @AmongTheRuins00
I agree, but again, this is a matter of urban aesthetics, not part of my initial thread.
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Replying to @380kmh @AmongTheRuins00
My initial thread was about which zoning principle allows more flexibility for developers and municipalities...
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...and keeps housing costs low for homeowners, renters, etc.
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