Originally Posted by
wahoonc
I was having a similar conversation with my son today. He is home for a couple of weeks on break from his studies at Leeds University, Leeds, UK. He walks, or uses mass transit in the UK. He is very frustrated with the scale and sprawl here in the US. He was staying at his mother's apartment which is on the outskirts of the town. Seven miles from the nearest shopping district (mall) no bus service. Wanted to go grocery shopping, closest store is a mile or so away (very walkable) However the 8 lane road with no sidewalks and overgrown shoulders is not conductive to walking.
Some counties are starting to see the reasons that this type of development is problematic. Problem is that you can't fix it overnight
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