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Originally Posted by M1EK
Yes, any major development which is mainly accessed from a frontage road has the same problems. I worked at one here in Austin - so it's not just a SA or Dallas problem.
Bad MSPaint illustration of the problem here
More here
Frontage roads may be a necessary evil to serve pre-existing development, but to then turn around and allow (as Austin reluctantly does) or even encourage (as San Antonio apparently does) major new development on them is just retarded. |
Part of the problem is land-ownership difficulties-- it's VERY difficult to wrench free enough useable land within the loop, which is why this sort of thing grows like weeds in SA.
I think that if there were a strict UGB and a little more freedom to buy/sell property a bit more easily, you'd see more development on the inner roads. But, as it stands, property is hard to come by within the loop.