archited
Senior Member
^^^^ which means abolishing zoning codes.
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Suburban Development and Sprawl
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Platinum107
Senior Member
Guys, you know exactly that I'm talking about. You know I wasn't just talking about auto traffic. Maybe that picture wasn't the most pure example but my point still stands.
EtoV
Active Member
Don't need to abolish zoning, just need to allow a lot more in your base zone, including multifamily, some commercial and office. And get rid of parking requirements. This is a decent summary of Japans zoning, which would be a good starting point:
http://urbankchoze.blogspot.com/2014/04/japanese-zoning.html
ChazYEG
Senior Member
Frankly, as long as we're able to segregate activities harmful to the health of living beings (humans, animals, plants...) from the places where we live, like factories, etc... we should have no zoning and let the market dictate what is needed, where it's needed.
We can control for issues like noise pollution, for example, with bylaws, but I find the whole idea of zoning preposterous.
RH van der Rohe
New Member
No zoning and you could end up like Houston. I thought that was the worst until I spent a few weeks in Mexico after a few years away and ventured out in the suburban sprawl in a couple cities, I think they've reached new lows.
EtoV
Active Member
Houston doesn't have zoning, but that's kind of a misleading statement. They may not have zoning but they still have plenty of tools that restrict development. It's honestly like the worst of both worlds.
How does Houston plan without zoning?
How does Houston plan without zoning?
archited
Senior Member
Houston is a grand example of government over-reach meant to benefit the super-rich -- the "bylaws" that they have put in place for control are actually worse than zoning laws -- ditto for Mexico City. Both Cities have teeming corruption within their civic ranks.
IanO
Senior Member
Have a story from Edmonton's suburbs? We want to help you tell it
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thommyjo
Senior Member
I like this quote:
"When I look at pictures of Edmonton on Instagram — which is, you know, one of the things I like to do — nobody takes photos of the suburbs," says Shawna Lemay, a writer and photographer who can see the Henday from the Ormsby Place home where she's lived for 22 years.
Followed by this picture. Clearly showing why no one shoots in the burbs
ChazYEG
Senior Member
Followed by this picture. Clearly showing why no one shoots in the burbs
And that is considering that Castle Downs is not among the worst... They could've gone for the cookie cutter hellscape in one of the newer suburban developments.
Calfaer
New Member
I like that a picture of the suburbs still needs downtown in the background to look even remotely interesting.
itom987
Active Member
^^ I'll finish that for you.
Suburbs: It's where we fart and no one notices.
Suburbs: It's where we fart and no one notices.
ChazYEG
Senior Member
In all honesty, I need to correct myself in one thing: for me, any suburb is a hellscape. The variations are just the different circles of hell, surround the Elisium fields (core neighbourhoods).
Oilers99
Active Member
why do you all have to be so awful about the suburbs? you all sound elitist, the majority of Canadians live in suburbs?
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Platinum107
Senior Member
Oml, I was kind of in a suspended state between bursting out laughing and feeling a little bad and wanting to hear the idea out while reading this
.The gut reaction side of me just wants to shout "BECAUSE THERE"S NOTHING INTERESTING ABOUT THE SUB-" but then I calm down and am like "Okay, they do have the right to tell their stories and I don't know, maybe there'll be some interesting perspectives presented here 
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