Comments by "Geoffrey Lyons" (@granatmof) on "" video.

  1. So in the DFW suburbs you'll find 3-4 story apartment blocks in between the single family house neighborhoods, and I've them all across the state. The buildings are just short enough to avoid installing elevators. The apartment complexes may have a clubhouse and a pool, and greenspace, as well as crowded parking. Some are gated, some are not. Some have minimal barriers to the nearby neighborhoods, some are entire blocks to themselves isolated by stroads. Some are spaced behind retail strip malls You'll often see these apartment blocks then see a wide expanse of more expensive houses. The apartments are where the poor and working class people live to be closer to the service jobs of the rich. University towns have their own complexity Beyond that newer urban planning designs are attempting to integrate living and working spaces connected or adjacent to public transport. Like your example, there's retail space on the ground floor and maybe second story, maybe some small office space above that, followed by the upper floors being residential with connected parking garage. The area in front of the stores will be walkable space with fountains and play areas or trees and benches. Any traffic going inside the area will be slow single lane streets with parking along the street. Sometimes the complex is integrated into a metro stop area, sometimes its just adjacent. Sure theyre minor examples in the suburban Hell scale, but they're still fairly decent. The big issue however is still pricing. The pricing for living in those areas is good for yuppies, but they're not the best for multi generational families or mixed income housing. Like you allude to there is implicit redlining of only for socio economic lines. America has the residential space so that no one need be homeless. There is not scarcity in the housing market, there is scarcity in the affordable housing market. There is scarcity in the non car housing market. Most of the USA is rural space, it requires a car. Suburban areas are expanding, often without planning for public transportation, and that to is descriminatory against those who cannot afford to own a car. Living in DFW, it was faster to ride my bike 10 miles to work than to take busses.Since the stroads lacked bike lanes, I rode on sidewalks. The bus took 2 hours, walking took 3 (and I walked one time just to see, and made the mistake of not bringing walking shoes). I eventually bought a working car, and only rode my bike for fun or exercise.
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