Sidewalks and 15-25mph speed limits go a long way. Would be nice if there was little community stores for staples embedded in the neighborhood, but that’s a foreign concept in American suburbs
It isn’t there because of zoning practices separating living areas from businesses, which is often decided at the local level. Just gotta convince all your neighbors that they should be good with it too…
Be sure to add side walks with it. My childhood neighborhood now has a little strip mall with some snack shops. They are nice, but no safe way to walk to it. Short walk, but still.
Sidewalks and 15-25mph speed limits go a long way. Would be nice if there was little community stores for staples embedded in the neighborhood, but that’s a foreign concept in American suburbs
I was just talking about this with my wife yesterday. It would be so nice if there was a small market in our suburban neighborhood
It isn’t there because of zoning practices separating living areas from businesses, which is often decided at the local level. Just gotta convince all your neighbors that they should be good with it too…
Be sure to add side walks with it. My childhood neighborhood now has a little strip mall with some snack shops. They are nice, but no safe way to walk to it. Short walk, but still.
You should engage locally to change your zoning laws to allow for that. Most places are only allowed to have single family homes and nothing else
Check out https://www.strongtowns.org/local if you want to get involved