A new housing development outside Phoenix is looking towards European cities for inspiration and shutting out the cars. So far residents love it

It’s nice to see more car free places, but it’s also hard not to criticise the capitalistic hellscape in which your neighbourhood has a CEO

  • TheCrispyDud
    8•1 year ago

    This is also in my city which during summer feels like an actual hellscape. It’s a great idea overall but damn if it’s the last city I’d pick for walking about 40% of the time.

    • @grueEnglish
      17•1 year ago

      The development’s buildings… are clustered together intimately to create inviting courtyards for social gatherings and paved – not asphalt – “paseos”, a word used in Spanish-speaking parts of the US south-west to denote plazas or walkways for strolling.

      Importantly, such an arrangement provides relieving shade from the scorching sun – temperatures in these walkways have been measured at 90F (32C) on days when the pavement outside Culdesac is 120F (48C)

      TL;DR: shade is a thing.

      • @[email protected]
        9•1 year ago

        Also plants will help cool and reduce humidity in an area. They also make a neighborhood feel more inviting.