What's depressing about lists like these is that regions like Dallas, Orlando, and Houston are building massive numbers of relatively high-density communities through multi-family units—but only a small share of those units are oriented toward walkability and transit use. https://t.co/1me5XHjw4e
Is there something I'm missing? I live in Dallas and this is pretty much what is happening. All these multi-family building have parking which is car-centric, but it's basically impossible to live in Dallas without one. Unless a massive swath of land or build their own transit,
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I don't see how developers can do better than they are.
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It’s by metro areas, so while the majority of multifamily in Dallas proper may be happening near transit, there are still the huge # of multifamily projects in the northern suburbs that are missing the key component of transit that gets their residents reliably around the region.
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mixed use mixed use mixed use even if people are still commuting by car, you can make a lot of progress by locating key retail (groceries, pharmacies, etc) within walking distance
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Agree completely, and the nice thing about this is that it requires almost no government intervention. Private developers can be wholly responsible for making a nicer city.
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