I thought this was particularly interesting after our group exercise of creating an ideal use of space for a neighborhood. I found this new development quite negative in so many ways. It would definitely suit only people of a particular income bracket. Their focus was on having no cars but in order for the people who were to lived there to be able to leave, they had to offer discounts on Uber. I could just see this community frozen into "attractive new housing, all the same" surrounded by Uber drivers poised on the outskirts. This then assumes that the residents would not have cars of their own? Not too realistic. Also, they don't seem to consider the climate of Arizona. Everyone would live in these "homes" that virtually were all the same. How likely would the residents be walking places in the summer heat?
I thought this was particularly interesting after our group exercise of creating an ideal use of space for a neighborhood. I found this new development quite negative in so many ways. It would definitely suit only people of a particular income bracket. Their focus was on having no cars but in order for the people who were to lived there to be able to leave, they had to offer discounts on Uber. I could just see this community frozen into "attractive new housing, all the same" surrounded by Uber drivers poised on the outskirts. This then assumes that the residents would not have cars of their own? Not too realistic. Also, they don't seem to consider the climate of Arizona. Everyone would live in these "homes" that virtually were all the same. How likely would the residents be walking places in the summer heat?
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