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Car-dependent suburbs suck. But that doesn't mean that all suburbs suck. It is possible to build suburbs that don't suck, and the US and Canada used to design great suburbs all the time. But even though these pre-war suburbs are loved by many people, and in huge demand, they're illegal to build today.

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References and Image Credits

High North Cannabis Testing
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Improving Modern Suburbs with lessons learnt from an Old NJ Town
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Pacific Electric Railway cars piled atop one another at junkyard on Terminal Island, Calif., 1956
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Riverdale Population Density
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Other Population Density Figures from:
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Toronto / E01 Region Housing Prices from MLS (not publicly available):
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Minimum-Lot-Size Regulations Mean Less Housing
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Setbacks, Suburbs and the American Front Lawn
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Parking demand and zoning requirements for suburban multifamily housing
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Chapters

0:00 Intro
0:05 Car-dependent suburbs suck
1:17 Suburbs are not the problem
2:15 Suburbs that don't suck are possible
3:20 Introduction to "Streetcar Suburbs"
4:05 About Riverdale
4:24 Why Riverdale is great
5:17 Walkability & schools of Riverdale
6:05 Shopping & Groceries
7:24 Storing your ugly metal boxes
7:47 Population density
8:24 High demand & housing prices
9:46 You can't build it: streets
11:07 You can't build it: zoning
11:46 You can't build it: schools
12:20 You can't build it: housing
13:00 You can't build it: lots & setbacks
14:23 You can't build it: parking
14:40 Conclusion & summary
16:16 Patreon shout-out
16:28 Outro

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