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[–] bookmeat@fedinsfw.app 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think it's maybe not obvious, but this actually helps people to buy fresh food regularly and reduces the need for shelf-stable foods, increasing health and quality of food.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 month ago

And helps food waste! I realized if I buy ingredients on the same day I cook them a lot fewer things spoil in my fridge. But this is only viable if the store is right in my neighborhood.

[–] synae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 month ago

Lots of neighborhoods used to be car free

I feel like north beach, SF could do well with permanently closing some streets

[–] FearMeAndDecay@literature.cafe 14 points 1 month ago

This place sounds like heaven and it’s literally just stuff Europe has been doing forever

[–] NewOldGuard@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I know someone who lives there and loves it, but they have had issues with petty crime. Also one developer having most of the ownership of your community is not great.

Also “America’s first car free neighborhood” is so goofy. We had neighborhoods before cars existed lmao

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Arguably college campuses can be car free neighborhoods. The one I went to had dedicated “family” living arrangements, such as for a student with child, perhaps spouse or parent

[–] Zier@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago

Kirsten did a great video on this 2 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf0L3blkNA4

[–] blakemavrix@lemmus.org 4 points 1 month ago

I love it! I'd move there in a heartbeat!

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

@CityNerd covered this a year ago. https://youtu.be/-xhRzM5SVpw

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

cities are relaxing zoning laws to allow for denser housing, reducing parking mandates

Ugh, we need parking mandates.

Would be nice to see laws that make a mandatory maximum parking spots to something like 20-50% of the building's human capacity

[–] msage@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Reads like sarcasm, hopefully I'm reading it correctly.

[–] talentedkiwi@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

It reads like have a minimum parking mandate until their explanation because that's what the city has.

They are advocating for mandates with maximum parking spots, meaning limiting the total number to much less.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No need. Developers are very profit driven so are unlikely to pay for more parking spaces than necessary

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago

Dunno. I think it's important to have laws so luxury apartment buildings don't give every apartment 1-2 car spots each.

[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A studio in that development costs $1,440 USD a month.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Which is a lot, but you also don’t need any of the expense of owning a car. Not a dollar of it.

It’s also brand-new and there are only 288 units, plus it’s acting as a proof of concept as much as a housing solution. The prices reflect a supply and demand issue but hopefully this will lead to more and more of this kind of development.

Honestly, as someone who doesn’t even believe studio apartments should really be allowed at all, it’s not that bad when you actually think a little.