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Houston doesn't allow the classic types of urbanity. Everything seems to have a suburban amount of parking. They apparently require it.
New towers often have a driveway to the front door. That's something, but it's not urban.
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Originally Posted by mhays25
I'm referring to the City not allowing it, not people not wanting it. I bet not every townhouse resident wants a two-car garage for example. And not every Downtown or TMC resident has a car even at decent income levels.
Yeah, the city codes call for minimum parking in every development of the city. Only a small section of the city, including the downtown, is excluded from these laws: https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7527...7i13312!8i6656
Ironically, classic urban development in Houston would be much cheaper/easier to add than the car-centric builds the codes mandate; developers can design as they please, rather than having to take added costs redesigning their buildings to comply with the laws.
I suspect that, without planning for urbanity, that LA/Miami style density is the default mode. The population may be growing, but the emphasis is on a car-centric non-urban lifestyle.
I'm referring to the City not allowing it, not people not wanting it. I bet not every townhouse resident wants a two-car garage for example. And not every Downtown or TMC resident has a car even at decent income levels.
Yeah but most people do. People love cars and this includes people in urban areas.
I suspect that, without planning for urbanity, that LA/Miami style density is the default mode. The population may be growing, but the emphasis is on a car-centric non-urban lifestyle.
I’m not familiar with Miami, but LA hardly got to this point “without planningâ€. It was planned to handle the current amount of people and then some. Butit was planned to be a modern city and that means planning for cars. The argument can be made that older cities aren’t the way that they are because they were planned to be walkable and “urban†but because they lack sufficient planning and infrastructure for more cars.
In any event I agree that Houston and San Diego already are like smaller versions of LA to some extent. But I doubt that the residents of either city want to become as congested as LA, much less Northeastern cities.
It seems to be typical in the Galleria area and other suburban highrise clusters. There are even a some in the CBD proper, like a couple on Smith Street.
In any event I agree that Houston and San Diego already are like smaller versions of LA to some extent. But I doubt that the residents of either city want to become as congested as LA, much less Northeastern cities.
Houston has managed very well to become congested without the density of LA, let alone the Northeast.
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