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minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 months agoAgreed. Same car dependency grid but from different socioeconomic posh level. (Actually the density is lower, so as a suburb it’s worse & traveling distances/city area larger.)
minus-squareprotist@retrofed.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoA common American suburban development
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoA “modern” design, the current trend of shitty suburban layout that seems to be the alternative to the grid layout complained about.
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down13·2 months agoso fucking much better!
minus-squaretomcatt360@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 months agoBut why? Name one reason it’s better besides your personal aesthetic preferences Edit: I appreciate everyone’s measured responses. Thank you for answering my question, and not escalating my ill-advised knee-jerk comment. I stand corrected :)
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-22 months agoWhy? It IS about my aesthetic preferences :) I like when everywhere in a place is different and memorable. If you like samey grids I have no reason not to respect that, but I wholeheartedly disagree.
minus-squareBorgDrone@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoNo constant traffic near your house (cleaner air, safer streets).
minus-squareAlwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoDoesn’t require speed bumps to slow down the dregs of society.
minus-squareanton@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThe ability to walk or cycle somewhere without crossing 4-way intersections constantly.
minus-squareSapphironZA@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAgree, all the roads lead nowhere.
Not better:
Agreed. Same car dependency grid but from different socioeconomic posh level.
(Actually the density is lower, so as a suburb it’s worse & traveling distances/city area larger.)
What’s this?
A common American suburban development
A “modern” design, the current trend of shitty suburban layout that seems to be the alternative to the grid layout complained about.
so fucking much better!
But why? Name one reason it’s better besides your personal aesthetic preferences
Edit: I appreciate everyone’s measured responses. Thank you for answering my question, and not escalating my ill-advised knee-jerk comment. I stand corrected :)
Why? It IS about my aesthetic preferences :)
I like when everywhere in a place is different and memorable.
If you like samey grids I have no reason not to respect that, but I wholeheartedly disagree.
No constant traffic near your house (cleaner air, safer streets).
Doesn’t require speed bumps to slow down the dregs of society.
The ability to walk or cycle somewhere without crossing 4-way intersections constantly.
Agree, all the roads lead nowhere.