How I Got Into Urban Planning (and Why I Hate Houston)
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Totally hit the nail on the head. If you’ve been to cities like London, Amsterdam, DC NYC or Paris, cities that are very walkable but also navigable by car, train, bus or bike, you really look at other American cities like 
ATL and Charlotte are two cities that I’ve been to and absolutely detested the sprawl.
I understand cities in the US cover more ground, but the city centers and the adjacencies should be accessible by foot, bike, car and public transport.
Great video OP.
ATL and Charlotte are two cities that I’ve been to and absolutely detested the sprawl.
I understand cities in the US cover more ground, but the city centers and the adjacencies should be accessible by foot, bike, car and public transport.
Great video OP.
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ZoeGod
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Is Dallas the same?
Oh man that was terrible, I caught Dallas traffic on a good day though I think. That city is the widest I've ever seen. Looked like it just kept going and going.
Americans really gotta be retarded. Every city is wide as shyt and no one thinks about building up instead.
Americans OD'd on the manifest destiny 
Damn seeing that video of the walking through Houston is giving me flashbacks. As a kid when I lived in Houston, I used to wander around the city on my bike and by foot all the time while hanging with friends. I forgot how frequently if I was walking somewhere there would be plenty of places on the side of roads with no sidewalks and doing that very delicate straddle along that narrow path between the grass, walls, or railings and fast-moving traffic.
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And what’s wild is there is little desire to change this.
And I have no idea how anyone can walk through Houston, especially the energy corridor area. People drive like lunatics there.
And I have no idea how anyone can walk through Houston, especially the energy corridor area. People drive like lunatics there.
DonFrancisco
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FM 1960 is the worse example of urban planning in the US.
Ironically regulation could help Houston. First thing is getting rid of minium parking requirements and extending the law to make parking lots as an extension of the business.
Ironically regulation could help Houston. First thing is getting rid of minium parking requirements and extending the law to make parking lots as an extension of the business.
DonFrancisco
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Also deregulate some of the deed restrictions and allow for businesses to operate in subdivisions.
Make it where the deregulation forces ppl to rethink urban planning. Another issue is the negative attitude towards certain types of housing in Houston. Expecting or making ppl think they should own a home over any other real estate kills walkablity. You don't how many excuses i hear about ppl not wanting to own a townhome or condo. Honestly a home is a lot of expenses that ppl just don't take account for. Folk literally freak out over HOA even thou a roof or infastruture repair can cost 10-20k.
Also single ppl own homes so far from their jobs or city core only because they want to say they are a home owner lol
Make it where the deregulation forces ppl to rethink urban planning. Another issue is the negative attitude towards certain types of housing in Houston. Expecting or making ppl think they should own a home over any other real estate kills walkablity. You don't how many excuses i hear about ppl not wanting to own a townhome or condo. Honestly a home is a lot of expenses that ppl just don't take account for. Folk literally freak out over HOA even thou a roof or infastruture repair can cost 10-20k.
Also single ppl own homes so far from their jobs or city core only because they want to say they are a home owner lol
Totally hit the nail on the head. If you’ve been to cities like London, Amsterdam, DC NYC or Paris, cities that are very walkable but also navigable by car, train, bus or bike, you really look at other American cities like
ATL and Charlotte are two cities that I’ve been to and absolutely detested the sprawl.
I understand cities in the US cover more ground, but the city centers and the adjacencies should be accessible by foot, bike, car and public transport.
Great video OP.
Been living in DC area for a decade now. Every time I go back to ATL, I look at it like
The only reason I’m relocating back is because most of my friends and fam are there. Otherwise, I’d stay my ass here.
Been living in DC area for a decade now. Every time I go back to ATL, I look at it like
Yea man. As much as I griped about the Metro at times (late night/early am service isn’t as expansive, cohesion with bus routes could improve, infrequent trains on the weekends etc) going to places like ATL or the Bay makes the Metro look like the London underground.
After MTA, Metro DC is probably the next best in the US.
I've seen it many times, and it's a symptom of shytty sprawl or just bad design (SD in particular had it somewhere and as a city like SD you should have no sections like that). I detest the unavailability of sidewalks. It's the most basic method of travel and can be used by most non-vehicular methods.
Just outside Chicago it's common, and stupid. There's trains, luckily, but I can't imagine the pain in the ass living in a place like HOU is without a car.
Just outside Chicago it's common, and stupid. There's trains, luckily, but I can't imagine the pain in the ass living in a place like HOU is without a car.
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Had to bring this back because I didn’t know this was discussed on here. I do the same thing as you every time I go and visit family and friends in Texas and Florida. I sit there like man this is just a terrible way to build cities. Every southerner I’ve met said they liked the QOL when they moved up to more urban cities.Been living in DC area for a decade now. Every time I go back to ATL, I look at it like
The only reason I’m relocating back is because most of my friends and fam are there. Otherwise, I’d stay my ass here.
If I moved back to Texas, I would only live inside loop 610 in Houston or loop 12 in Dallas. But quite honestly, I don’t plan on moving back. America royally fukked up building cities post world war 2. They built cities around cars instead of human beings. Destroyed inner cities and built these monstrous freeways just so people can drive 45 minutes to their suburb.