Hearted Youtube comments on City Beautiful (@CityBeautiful) channel.

  1. This reminds me of that episode of SpongeBob where Squidward finds that gated community with like minded squids. And he ends up hating it lol.
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  2. I pass through Gary on my way to the Indiana Dunes and man, they do themselves no favors by having that rotten egg smell washing over the highway as you drive by. Which is too bad because there are parts of Gary that look very beautiful!
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  3. It always bears repeating: Americans are so fond of their time in college because it's likely the only time in their life they'll live in a walkable area
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  4. I visited Italy late last year, and when I got to Padua, I thought to myself "Ah, yes, this is where all the Venetians went. If I were a Venetian, I'd have moved here too." -B
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  5. "We don't want to become the next Venice": the warning heard in the city councils of many historical European cities. It is not just tourism, but also expats, who often benefit from tax exemptions, that drive out low and middle incomes locals.
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  6. City Beautiful once again asking the important questions.
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  7. This is a great summary. I'll definitely be linking people to this video when discussing alternatives to Euclidean zoning. Another fascinating zoning method is Japanese zoning, which is a variation on the pyramid method mentioned in this video. The channel "Life Where I'm From" did a great video about Japanese zoning that I recommend watching, if you're interested in good zoning methods.
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  8. You and Not Just Bikes are truly helping to educate Americans and push for real change in the US. Thank you
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  9. Ah yes, Thomas "America will always be rural" Jefferson.
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  10. As a British kid playing Sim City, I thought the zoning was just a game mechanism because it would be too complicated to have mixed use buildings. No, that's how basically the whole US is. I didn't understand it until I had visited
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  11. As someone who lives in Central Mass, I refuse to drive into Boston and always take the train. So frankly I think the city's design is doing something right: simply make driving unpalatable enough and people will be forced to abandon it.
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  12. Sorry about calling Hamburg on the Baltic and misplacing the dot for Danzig! Don't know what happened there, but I'll try to do better next time.
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  13. I think you forgot good drainage, well-compacted subgrade, and properly-spaced contraction joints... ;) Kidding of course. Great video as always!
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  14. There's a formula for figuring out if something is a suburb. It's Applebees over skate parks squared.
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  15. Walking through the administrative center of Brasília can be really exhausting, the buildings are too sparse from to another
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  16. I like the random sea creatures.
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  17. downlaods pdfs, turns on cities skylines, HEAVY BREATHING
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  18. First they wanted stadiums. Now they want the whole neighborhood.
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  19. As a Portland resident, so many of these youtube comments have no clue what they're talking about. Having nature so close, not having urban sprawl, it's a really damn good thing for someone that lives here.
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  20. Only in NYC can you buy air
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  21. I don't understand why subdivisions aren't linked with footpaths. In the UK we have similar cul-de-sac patterned suburbs, but there are usually lots of footpaths providing connectivity
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  22. I know SF is the poster child for gentrification, but as an urban designer, I'd say the problem (and maybe the solution) is just to the south of it. San Jose and the entire surrounding valley is a sea of sprawl, detached houses and industrial parks. It doesn't provide an adequate alternative to living in the dense, vibrant and expensive SF. It's obvious that current legislation isn't doing enough to promote higher density and building new developments in that area, at least around the existing transit hubs. I realize this isn't technically part of the city of San Francisco, but the local planning laws should take advantage of the city's expected growth and promote density in its 'suburbs'. Having alternative living options would therefore ease the pressure of people moving to the peninsula.
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  23. fun fact: speed limiters were almost a thing way back in the 1920s before auto companies created a successful smear campaign against pedestrians
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  24. Wendover Productions' got Geography problems. You've got Geography answers. Boom. Great to collaborate with you on this one!
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  25. Thanks for having me on the channel. It was fun!
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  26. Absolutely love this video! Thanks so much for collaborating with us. We really learned a lot from your expertise! 🚲🚶🚦
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  27. You know what, this City Beautiful guy is alright.
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  28. Minecraft has had Villagers for many years now, since you're in Creative Mode you can find their spawn eggs in the item menu. You also mentioned at some point in the video that you encountered some enemies in the buildings during the night, you can change that by going to the settings and changing your difficulty to Peaceful.
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  29. I can't believe they turned the Weezer song into a real place.
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  30. I see you strollin'.
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  31. San Antonio native here. Overall San Antonio is far from a walkable city, but downtown certainly is. The past 10-15 years downtown and downtown adjacent has exploded with residential development. Mostly due to economic transplants from other states and huge developer tax cuts. You can navigate the whole area easily by foot or bike. It's also connected to linear trailways city wide. So I can bike from my local park 5 minutes from my house to downtown without ever touching traffic. Although it's about a 15 mile ride. The Riverwalk is mostly for tourist, personally I stay far from it lol, too crowded. I am happy for all the continued development, there's really no end in sight, there currently adding more Riverwalk canals with more in the future.
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  32. Another downside you didn't cover, gated communities create issues to legitimate visitors. Tradespeople, builders, gardeners, etc might be less likely to service gated communities. Family members or friends that live outside the gates, are less likely to drop by.
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  33. I didn’t realize it was the top tourist attraction in Texas. That’s incredible!
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  34. I’m a cities skylines player!
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  35. I read somewhere that shopping malls were supposed to be like this but the apartments and grocery stores never made it into the final version.
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  36. Historic districts are like any tool, I suppose. They can be used for good purposes, and are intended for good purposes, but can be used to break needed things too.
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  37. Well done. I was homeless and addicted in Salt Lake City in 2015 and 2016 and had lots of anecdotes I wanted to add. You did a good job of looking at the issue as a whole. "Treatment First" worked for me, but I don't think that is the solution for everyone.
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  38. As a Cornellian, it’s so weird to see a YouTube channel I’ve been watching for so long talk about places I walk by everyday.
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  39. Just shared this in /r/Ireland. The homeless crisis just resulted in a huge political shift here this week.
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  40. As a New Yorker, I absolutely love the classic look of an el train. Nothing beats it! Wish more cities in the U.S. had it
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  41. Fresno native here: thank you for finally recognizing our leadership and exceptionalism
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  42. I'd say it's almost there, but there are definitely things that should be in it that aren't, such as mixed use zoning, and I would also add a "medium density" zone (similar to missing middle). I'd also add things like military bases, and a city hall, along with city branch offices to serve the residents of the city, and I'd also like to be able to add things like parliament buildings, and other associated governmental buildings, but they'd probably be unique buildings in the same vein as the temple or panda sanctuary, or stadium. I'd also like more random events, such as strikes and protest marches, or on a set day each year, large street parties and military parades to mark, let's say, a major national holiday, if the player so desires, for a little extra challenge.
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  43. The so called "Lifestyle center" in my city is no where near a pedestrian friendly center like the onces in the video. I admire the lifestyle center that focus on pedestrians and not catered toward the typical suburban big box style center.
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  44. If you built this city in the real world, you could populate it entirely with your own subscribers, since you had a population of about 50,000. :)
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  45. Yeah this doesn't do much other than convince me that HOA's need to be abolished. Love your content!
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  46. [Insert obligatory post about Wendover here.]
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  47. Growing up in San Luis Obispo in the 90's and 2000's didn't have all of that bike infrastructure. Now that I'm on a city council I find it nearly impossible to make any headway on improving bike infrastructure. It's very hard to convince the city to spend money on something that has little demand. It's like a chicken and an egg. By the way, the story of Mission Plaza is pretty interesting. The citizens of SLO voted to get rid of a major section of street decades before the modern walkability movement.
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  48. An important thing to note for people unfamiliar with Austin: where I-35 sits today used to be a boulevard that separated a predominantly white part of town from a predominantly Black and Latino neighborhood. Black residents were forced out of the neighborhoods to the west of that boulevard and moved east. As Austin has grown, East Austin has heavily gentrified, which has pushed Black residents to suburbs like Pflugerville. If you want to get from Pflugerville to downtown… yes, you guessed it, the most reasonable way of getting there today is I-35. There’s also a state highway running parallel to I-35 (known as Mopac) which has been widened in the last few years with toll lanes added, but it is mainly used by locals and does not carry interstate truck traffic.
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  49. No, this is Patrick.
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  50. Atlanta's airport connection is surprisingly good. It's a $2.50 regular metro service that goes straight to downtown and major attractions. Downsides are the lack of coverage by the MARTA in general and also a lack of density at many stations. But it works great for traveling from the world's busiest airport, as the stop is inside the airport's baggage claim, and you'll regularly see locals and businesspeople headed to the airport with their bags.
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