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I live in a backwards former industrial area of the US and thinking about something totally theoretical. Suppose you establish a brand new city/town and since I know nothing about real-world planning-but I'm curious about learning it-and I have a potential interest in developing real communities of people, what is the way to do that with transportation and infrastructure.
I'm looking for established, proven ideas. Once again, I'm very new to this fascination of regional planning.
1st up there is no need for a new planned from scratch town. Any such place would be far removed from infrastructure and anything else. And it isn't a realistic premise. These days think adaptive reuse, retrofit, infill, and reimagine, within existing places.
I live in a backwards former industrial area of the US and thinking about something totally theoretical. Suppose you establish a brand new city/town and since I know nothing about real-world planning-but I'm curious about learning it-and I have a potential interest in developing real communities of people, what is the way to do that with transportation and infrastructure.
I'm looking for established, proven ideas. Once again, I'm very new to this fascination of regional planning.
In order to understand the original post, I would have to know what you mean by "real" communities of people. Do you currently live in a "fake" community? If so, can you describe what is fake about it? Or perhaps the key here is your statement about living in a "backwards" former industrial area. Can you briefly describe the area where you live - naming it would be helpful for starters. Is "backwards" a synonym for dysfunctional, such as Detroit? I'm not claiming you're wrong about anything - in order to make such a claim I would first have to understand what you are saying.
I live in a backwards former industrial area of the US and thinking about something totally theoretical. Suppose you establish a brand new city/town and since I know nothing about real-world planning-but I'm curious about learning it-and I have a potential interest in developing real communities of people, what is the way to do that with transportation and infrastructure.
Aren't you from Erie? What part of that community isn't "real"?
Instead of starting something new, why don't you work on making your community better?
Yes. I'm from Erie. By "real" community I am talking about a physical place defined by boundaries and not a virtual community such as this one. I have nothing against virtual communities, though.
And, since it's been explained already that new ideas from scratch are unfeasible, let me redirect it to ideas on already existing regions/communities.
Third, "backwards" means dysfunctional (although I think Erie is more or less than the other Midwestern former industrial cities), some may even think it's too conservative.
Unfortunately, I don't have all the answers for community improvement since that takes a good knowledge of basic planning and economic/political factors. But I like what Scott Enterprises of Erie has been doing.
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What is a "real" community of people?
Aren't you from Erie? What part of that community isn't "real"?
