This one is easy: people like the idea of this but still want a 4x3 300 square meter house on a quarter acre block. Or in the US is often an acre lot within a city, which is crazy to me.
And this just doesn’t scale. This is why communities are completely car dependent.
Singapore is mentioned in this article but guess what? Living is much denser in Singapore. Obviously they’re constrained by geography. But it get a lot of benefit from this.
Where space isn’t an issue people in the US and Australia at least have consistently chosen space and car dependence over convenience.
And this just doesn’t scale. This is why communities are completely car dependent.
Singapore is mentioned in this article but guess what? Living is much denser in Singapore. Obviously they’re constrained by geography. But it get a lot of benefit from this.
Where space isn’t an issue people in the US and Australia at least have consistently chosen space and car dependence over convenience.