Masswich
Cyburbian
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My biggest problem with New Urbanism is that it is a distraction from the main planning challenge faced in my part of the country; making older urban areas vibrant and active places. I'd rather spend my time renovating an old urban center than building a new one.
I don't really have a strong opinion one way or the other about New Urbanism; I think that like a lot of planning ideas there are bits and pieces of it that are useful (eg. front porches, parking in the back, some attention to architectural details) and some that are dumb (the idea that architecture determines by itself whether a community is a good one, that if you don't agree with the CNU you need to be "educated".)
I don't really have a strong opinion one way or the other about New Urbanism; I think that like a lot of planning ideas there are bits and pieces of it that are useful (eg. front porches, parking in the back, some attention to architectural details) and some that are dumb (the idea that architecture determines by itself whether a community is a good one, that if you don't agree with the CNU you need to be "educated".)