Comments by "thomas grabkowski" (@thomasgrabkowski8283) on "U.S. and European Zoning, Compared" video.

  1. Doesn’t have to be. Russia is a lot bigger and a lot less dense overall than the US, yet they built dense cities rather than spread out ones. It has to do with the combination of US cities being relatively new and US being early adopter of widespread car ownership
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  2. Cause you’ll bring a lot more things to be within walking distance of people’s homes, thus worth to walk. With single family zoning, only people who walk outside are exercising or going to a nearby friend’s house
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  3.  @Wozza365  I guess the British rust belt cities being a lot safer than American rust belt cities also has to do with how appealing they are for people to move back to and reinvest. Sure British rust belt cities may be lacking in jobs and run down, but at least it’s walkable and there aren’t frequent shootouts on the streets like US rust belt
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  4. However, most neighborhoods were constructed between 1950-2010 and a lot of damage have been done. It’s more complicated than you think
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  5. Summary. US-single use, low density neighborhoods predominant. Europe-mixed, high density neighborhoods
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  6. Unfortunately, in most of America, only thing within walking distance, or even biking distance are your neighbors houses
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  7. And how US cities outside northeast was largely built after the car
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  8. I guess to prevent the poor from being shoved into ghettos unlike rest of the world where new developments are designed for rich buyers
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  9. Most Americans yes, however tons of immigrants living in America do so and do run businesses from their home and have no problem with people coming into their neighborhoods showing cultural differences
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  10. Because the idea of the American dream is still to live in a big, single family house with a big backyard. Outside the northeast, living in townhouses or apartments, like most Europeans is stilled largely viewed as for someone who doesn’t have enough money
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  11.  @davenirline  Public transport too and it’s usefulness and convenience to the average resident is also heavily affected by those design patterns
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  12. As for US, each city literally has it’s own framework
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  13. As for Japan, the reason why their property values are not that high is due to them having a shrinking population, meaning their housing stock is designed for a higher population than they currently have
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