I can't tell from the picture, but that still seems much more densely packed then the average suburb. Street view would be more useful.
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Not a density example in this case but proximity: the Dunks across the street from my office is barely walkable despite being right there
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because the street is wide, traffic is fast and heavy, landscape is overwhelmingly just tarmac (exposed to wind, rain, snow, sun) etc
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I'd say (not there so I don't know) that that's probably because the vast majority of their business is drivers.
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If density was higher they'd accommodate pedestrians because they'd make up a higher portion of their customers.
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assuming that the density was pedestrian friendly and not towers-in-a-parking lot
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That would be hell, but I haven't seen *many* examples of this fortunately, even the more densely populated areas of LA are pretty walkable.
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I think the free market *tends* to fix this problem at high densities (though not every time obviously).
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Yeah definitely but sprawl is an aesthetic identifier not a functional one.
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I need a functional one tho--aesthetics are too subjective (I've seen sprawly neighborhoods which are definitely visually appealing)
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I think people tend to stick with aesthetic identifiers, if someone has hives the cause may be an allergic reaction, but they call it hives.
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People can see sprawl, and their minds implicitly associate it with the isolation and lack of community that non-walkable neighborhoods have
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