• Auli@lemmy.ca
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    3 年前

    It’s worse our cities are so sprawled out its pathetic. Everyone always says look at Europe sure but look at their cities smaller area wise but with more people.

    • frostbiker@lemmy.ca
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      3 年前

      That’s because their zoning laws are different.

      They allow building walkable neighborhoods with mixed-use buildings that have retail businesses on the ground floor and residential units on the 3-5 floors above. Their daily errands can easily be done by foot, so there is less traffic.

      You can’t achieve that in a car-dependent suburb where you need to drive to get to the nearest grocery store, school or cafe.