"the law doesn't strictly require doing a thing, therefore no one can criticize me for not doing that thing" is not actually an argument
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love to see a tweet like this, and then the poster is replying to everyone asking "but aren't these pretty inaccessible for elderly and disabled people?" by going "well, the ADA doesn't apply to 2-family houses"pic.twitter.com/XjWPPBYfke
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don't get me wrong, I'm pro-density, I love neighborhoods that look like this, I just think people shouldn't be dismissive of accessibility needs on the grounds that "the ADA doesn't require it". Surely these designs can be revised to be more accessible.
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in one of the threads, someone suggested interspersing buildings of all accessible units, and separately, having 4-over-1 type buildings with first-floor commercial on the block corners, and those both seem like reasonable ideas to me.
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(another suggesting: roof decks on those rowhouses, which, yes, absolutely. but maybe also solar panels!)
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the original tweet had a followup showing narrow, fenced backyards behind each unit, and I like that, but I also think you'd want (lockable from both sides) gates in the fences, so you can interact with your neighbors across the back fence without going around the whole block.
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also every few blocks, maybe every half dozen or so, there should be a small square block that's just a little park.
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I would be interested in ways this design COULD be made accessible, because it’s otherwise pretty great
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