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Old Posted Jul 30, 2019, 5:29 PM
eschaton eschaton is offline
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Originally Posted by DCReid View Post
I don't see that much wrong with your neighborhood to 'fix' it from looking at Google maps. Maybe a few small tweeks here and there, but it looks mostly fine and it seems to be very walkable and kind of cute. Maybe you don't know (perhaps because of your age?), but in the 60's they tried to 'fix' neighborhoods and that plan did not work out too well. Yes, it was mostly the government, I would not have that much more faith in billionaires and businesses to fix them either.
Basically what I suggested was.

1. Road diet on two major streets to cut down on speeding.
2. More multifamily in the business district to spur local commercial demand.
3. More street trees.
4. Relocation of unsightly utility poles.

All of these are pretty minor except for the second point, and none of it comes anywhere near to the "urban renewal" threshold.

Last edited by eschaton; Jul 30, 2019 at 5:46 PM.
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