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They won't let you live that Bob's Burgers life! (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The US is a huge and diverse country, and you cannot make ANY generalizations that will apply to everything. You are right that “easy” isn’t the right word, but there are places where it is possible.

I guess my original point was that there are communities that are starting to prioritize mixed use buildings and it IS at least possible now. I’m not sure there was much new build that would fit this criteria in the 80’s or 90’s.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I’m not sure there was much new build that would fit this criteria in the 80’s or 90’s.

Or the '50s, '60s, or '70s. Maybe not even the '40s.

And that's the problem: because it was illegal to build for like half a century, there's a huge pent-up demand unmet by supply, and that's what makes it very often inaccessible as per the meme.