10-18-2023, 01:12 PM
(10-18-2023, 12:56 PM)cherrypark Wrote: What should be a central neighbourhood node down there is turning into another vapid non-place. We learn nothing from the past. I can't believe this land use is still being accepted. The parking lot on the opposite side with a Teppermans is already enough of a waste and this is even larger.
At least Williamsburg made a half-hearted gesture to a kind of walkable spot in the shops there. This just sucks.
This is why I've said in the past, that we aren't actually making any progress. Every year we build more of this garbage than we fix of anything else, every year we get deeper into debt.
But I also say that about building highways...
Ultimately, we have to stop this kind of thing.
That being said, the Netherlands isn't immune. While the shopping centre near me looks and feels very different, they both dedicate a huge area to free parking. I'd say most places that have no unlimited free parking are so because they predate the concept...with the exception of the new car free neighbourhood in Utrecht.