^That is the biggest problem with gentrification in older neighbourhoods. The lower-income stores and residences are replaced with the upper middle class. I would love it if cities looked like the first picture you showed malec, but I also love towers as well. Diversity is what I want out of my streetscape and glass frontages with another token chain Starbucks or bank doesn't really contribute to a lively atmosphere for me and certainly doesn't contribute to a healthy city for everyone to live in. In Canada where the solar envelop is a little more important than most countries during the winter I can see a bit of a knock against really tall buildings in some areas.
The whole traffic thing just makes me twitch every time I hear it.
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