What People Get Wrong About Dense Urban Living

> Suburbs provides housing. […] regardless of the density. At what cost, especially relative to other options. Lower density may end up costing more over the long term: * [LINK] Urban living ≠ Manhattan: * [VIDEO]

> Isn't it possible that people who live in beautiful neighborhoods with mature trees, nice big yards, and low traffic streets that are safe for kids to play around Basically how things were built pre-WW2? * [LINK] * [LINK] The Oh the Urbanity channel has a video on the (misguided) idea that "urban living" = Manhattan / Hong Kong apartment blocks : * [VIDEO] Examples (Streetview): * [LINK] * [LINK] * [LINK] See also: * [LINK] Fifteen minutes pedalling in one direction is downtown Amsterdam, fifteen minutes in the other is farm land.

> Humans shouldn't be living in shoeboxes stacked 40 floors high. You have a limited view of 'urban living'. Want a front yard, back yard, and garage (attached to a laneway)? Plenty of that was built pre-WW2, and there's no reason why it couldn't be again: * [LINK] * [LINK] The Oh the Urbanity channel has a video on the (misguided) idea that "urban living" = Manhattan / Hong Kong apartment blocks : * [VIDEO] Examples (Streetview) of urban tree-lined streets which can support transit and where cycling is practical (and where a car is an option versus a necessity): * [LINK] * [LINK] * [LINK] See also: * [LINK] Fifteen minutes pedalling in one direction is downtown, fifteen minutes in the other is farm land.

> You live in an apartment and trade away personal space and still have to take a train to work where you get little personal space. You have a limited view of 'urban living'. Want a front yard, back yard, and garage (attached to a laneway)? Plenty of that was built pre-WW2, and there's no reason why it couldn't be again: * [LINK] * [LINK] The Oh the Urbanity channel has a video on the (misguided) idea that "urban living" = Manhattan / Hong Kong apartment blocks : * [VIDEO] Examples (Streetview) of urban tree-lined streets which can support transit and where cycling is practical (and where a car is an option versus a necessity): * [LINK] * [LINK] * [LINK] See also: * [LINK] Fifteen minutes pedalling in one direction is downtown, fifteen minutes in the other is farm land.

> Nonsense. The inner city being a concrete hellscape isn't being helped by nicer parts on the outskirts. Why would the inner city need to be a "concrete hellscape"? You can have decent density without 'concrete hellscapes'. The Oh the Urbanity channel has a video on the (misguided/misinformed) idea that "urban living" = Manhattan / Hong Kong apartment blocks : * [VIDEO] Want a front yard, back yard, and garage (attached to a laneway)? Plenty of that was built pre-WW2: * [LINK] * [LINK] Examples (Streetview): * [LINK] * [LINK] * [LINK]

Want a front yard, back yard, and garage (attached to a laneway)? Plenty of that was build pre-WW2 in ways that didn't depend on cars: * [LINK] * [LINK] The Oh the Urbanity channel has a video on the (mistaken) idea that "urban living" = Manhattan / Hong Kong apartment blocks , which is certainly not the case: * [VIDEO] Examples (Streetview): * [LINK] * [LINK] * [LINK] See also: * [LINK] Fifteen minutes pedalling in one direction is downtown, fifteen minutes in the other is farm land.

> Public. Transit. Non-car centric development. The Oh the Urbanity channel has a video on the (misguided) idea that "urban living" = Manhattan / Hong Kong apartment blocks : * [VIDEO] Want a front yard, back yard, and garage (attached to a laneway)? Plenty of that was built pre-WW2: * [LINK] * [LINK] Examples (Streetview): * [LINK] * [LINK] * [LINK] See also: * [LINK] Fifteen minutes pedalling in one direction is downtown, fifteen minutes in the other is farm land.

> Convince people to live in smaller houses and share walls with their neighbors, and the parking situation would change dramatically. Completely unnecessary. Want a front yard, back yard, and garage (attached to a laneway)? Plenty of that was build pre-WW2: * [LINK] * [LINK] The Oh the Urbanity channel has a video on the (mistaken) idea that "urban living" = Manhattan / Hong Kong apartment blocks : * [VIDEO] Examples (Streetview): * [LINK] * [LINK] * [LINK] * [LINK] See also: * [LINK] Fifteen minutes pedalling in one direction is downtown, fifteen minutes in the other is farm land.