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Originally Posted by AusTex
Many of the above links showed housing ABOVE retail. This is wise in many areas to create a livable dense area. If one has many options within walking then we have a community like the Mediterranean and Europe in general vs. historical 20th century American cities. We are requiring this in Hyper developing Austin and it makes a big difference on the street level.
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Yeah I would say the urban form of today compared to the before time of 2008 and earlier is fantastic.
Back int he 00's and 90's it wasn't surprising for developers to produce the giant mega-block 9-5 vertical office parks or literally walled off Garden-style apartment complexes right in the city center.
And that's the few things getting build as, especially out west we were still in 100% full own suburban build mode and downtowns were basically written off as wastelands. The about-face nature of modern development patterns are practically shocking.